HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS This site is an attempt to relate a little of the history of Hopedale, Massachusetts. The town was settled in 1842 as a Utopian socialist commune and evolved into the home of the Draper Corporation, at one time the world's largest manufacturer of automatic cotton looms. Hopedale has an area of only five square miles, a population of about 6,000 and is located in the Blackstone Valley in south-central Massachusetts. Massachusetts maps showing Hopedale's location. While this site originally included only Hopedale history, since 2005 some current stories and pictures have been added. Most of them can be seen by going to the Recent Pictures Menu on the right *************** If you have additional information, corrections or opinions on any of the material here, e-mail me and I'll add your thoughts or corrections to the site. I send out Hopedale history ezines twice each month. If you'd like to be added to the list to receive them, let me know by using the email link above. Search this site *************** NEW. Tie-replacement on the G&U Railroad near Freedom Street, on YouTube. Milford News article about Hopedale High baseball coach Joe Small, written after his 300th win. Fishing derby, May 20. Senior release "parade." The Little Red Schoolhouse. Project Star Hopedale is a town-wide effort to support our troops in Afghanistan. Click here for more information about it. Dave Meade's memories of the rock bands of Hopedale and Milford in the 1960s and 1970s. The Mendon Resolutions - They sound much like the Declaration of Independence, but they were written three years before it was. Hopedale in May. Hopedale history ezine for April 15 - Hopedale in April 1912 May 1 - Cemeteries of Hopedale and Milford. Memories of Draper employee and Mendon resident Thomas Gordon who was at the Little Bighorn during Custer's Last Stand. Park Street School "Salute to May" program from 1958. Lots of names.. Thanks to Bruce Lutz for sending it. Hopedale Fire Department, 1982 Vietnam vets join American Legion, 1971. Park programs, 1967 - Milford News articles and pictures of a fishing derby and a tennis tournament. Lots of names in the tennis article. Carpenter Road - One of the "lost streets" of Hopedale, the foundation of the Madden house, several other foundations and a well. Undefeated - the Hopedale High basketball team of 1956-57. Hopedale History Ezine for mid-March - Visitors to the Community. Now and Then - The Lake Street area. Police Department photos, c 1950s. Parklands forestry project. Grafton & Upton Railroad - 173 acre parcel from Hazel Street/140 to west of the Mill River available for development *************** HOPEDALE BUSINESSES Hopedale Power Equipment 21st Century eCommerce TWM Systems - Customized computers and services Little White Market CandyUnderCover.com - Candy bars, etc. with personalized wrappers Appell Engineering - Computer security consulting . |
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