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Col. Ball, Noted Figure in the Life of Holyoke, Part I
Tweet 09 Oct 1921 Colonel E. H. BallWho Was One of the leaders in Public Affairs in the Early Days of Holyoke Selectman of the Town of Holyoke, Cavalry Captain and a Militia Colonel. Of all the...
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Tweet 09 October 1921 The Ball Robbery About 11:45 the night of December 2, 1869, Col. Ball was awakened by a sound in his room and about the same time Mrs. Ball, too, was awakened, and asked...
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Col. Ball, Noted Figure in the Life of Holyoke, Part III
Tweet 9 October 1921 E. H. Ball Homestead at Holyoke Letter from Burglar to Colonel Ball The three men were captured and put to trial, to make a long story short. Now comes an interesting document in...
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Holyoke High School, First Building, 1862
Tweet First Holyoke High School Building, 1862 In 1862 the first High School Building was erected by the town at the cost of $8,500, the first classes meeting there on December 15th of that year. The...
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Holyoke High School, First Graduation Class, 1865
Tweet First Holyoke High School Graduating Class, 1865 The first class to graduate after establishment of a regular course, although at various times between 1852 and 1865 pupils completed the...
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Disguised Women in the Army
Tweet 12 February 1901 Major Belle Reynolds of PeoriaCourtesy Illinois Periodicals Online They Fought in the Civil War Clad in Men’s Uniforms They Did Their Part Toward Saving the Union — Some...
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Holyoke High School, Graduating Exercises, Class of 1866
Tweet Holyoke High School, Graduating Exercises, Class of 1866 Grand Entertainment! Exhibition Consisting of a Drama, Dialogues, Tableaux Vivants, Duets, Choruses, And Other Music, Vocal, And...
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Nathan Ransom Morse, Fifth Principal of Holyoke High School
Tweet Nathan Ransom Morse, Fifth Principal of Holyoke High School Nathan Ransom Morse was born in Stoddard, New Hampshire, February 20, 1831. He was graduated A.B. from Amherst College in 1857. While...
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The Hon. Thomas Blanchard Stockwell, Sixth Principal of Holyoke High School
Tweet Hon. Thomas Blanchard Stockwell, Sixth Principal of Holyoke High School The Hon. Thomas Blanchard Stockwell, son of Amos W. and Susan Le Baron (March) Stockwell, was born in Worcester,...
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Francis Dane Douglass
Tweet Seventh Principal of Holyoke High School Francis Dane Douglass, Seventh Principal of Holyoke High School Francis Dane Douglass, son of Henry and Delia A. (Potter) Douglass, was born in...
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