Old Deerfield

Old Deerfield is a Massachusetts historical marker in Deerfield, Franklin County, dedicated 1930.

Route 5 near northern entrance to Old Deerfield, Deerfield · location approximate

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Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to Canada, of whom 60 were later redeemed.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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Historical maps covering this location

1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Massachusetts (Lucas, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Massachusetts (Lucas, 1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1905 · Sheet 1. Scarborough's Complete Road Atlas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts, 1899, covering the location of Old Deerfield, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts, 1899, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Old Deerfield

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