Hopedale History Email Stories
1 - Community Affairs
2 - The Missing Monument
3 - Hopedale As I Found It
4 - Christmas in the Community
5 - Obtaining Husbands
6 - The Ski Hill
7 - January 28, 2004 - The Anonymous Donor
8 - Mary Ann Hayward
9 - Blackstone Valley Baseball
10 - March 15, 2004 - Chicken Stealers
11 - April 1, 2004 - Strike of 1913
12 - First TV in Hopedale
13 - Site Selection for the Hopedale Community
14 - William (the artist) Draper
47 - November 1. 2005 - Hopedale 1881
48 - November 15, 2005 - Best Town
49 - December 1,2005 - Local News, 1887
50 - December 15, 2005 - The Fifties
I'll add more of the early stories as I find the time to do it.
79 - March 1, 2007 - Hopedale Community Historical Society
80 - March 15, 2007 - Westcott Mill Closes
81 - April 1, 2007 - Letter from Newbern
82 - April 15, 2007 - Milford, 1780
83 - May 1, 2007 - The Golf Course
84 - May 15, 2007 - Next of Kin
85 - June 1, 2007 - Soap Box Derby
86 - June 15, 2007 - John Stanas
87 - July 1, 2007 - The Uxbridge Connection
88 - August 1, 2007 - The Pistol Club
89 - August 15, 2007 - Learning a Trade
90 - September 1, 2007 - Ahead of His Time
91 - September 15, 2007 - The Parklands, 1899 - 1905
92 - October 1, 2007 - Site Protection
93 - October 15, 2007 - The Home Front
94 - November 1, 2007 - Sand in the Attic
96 - November 15, 2007 - The Ballou Farm
97 - December 1, 2007 - The Harel House
98 - December 15, 2007 - Antislavery
99 - January 1, 2008 - White City
100 - January 15, 2008 - Women's Rights
101 - February 1, 2008 - Workingman's Paradise?
102 - February 15, 2008 - Raw Deal
103 - March 1, 2008 - Draper Strike, 1976
104 - March 15, 2008 - Ice Cutting on Hopedale Pond
105 - April 1, 2008 - Rich and Famous
106 - April 15, 2008 - Billy Draper's Store
107 - May 1, 2008 - The Grafton & Upton Railroad
108 - May 15, 2008 - Trolleys
109 - June 1, 2008 - Lapworth Elastic Fabric
110 - June 15, 2008 - Dirty Old Town
111 - July 1, 2008 - Other Hopedales
112 - July 15, 2008 - Connie and Diane
113 - August 1, 2008 - New Streets, c. 1950
114 - August 15, 2008 - Flu Epidemic, 1918
115 - September 1, 2008 - The Home School
116 - September 15, 2008 - Drugs and Ice
117 - October 1, 2008 - Draper and Kennedy
118 - October 15, 2008 - Separation from Milford
119 - November 1, 2008 - Boots and Shoes
120 - November 15, 2008 - Under One Roof
121 - December 1, 2008 - Virginia, 1864
122 - December 15, 2008 - Looms, Etc.
123 - January 1, 2009 - Questions
124 - January 15, 2009 - Edith's Diary
125 - February 1, 2009 - Mead's Market
126 - February 15, 2009 - A Thriving Little Village
127 - March 1, 2009 - Centennial
128 - March 15, 2009 - June-July 1918
129 - April 1, 2009 - James Roberts
130 - April 15, 2009 - The Celtics in Hopedale
131 - May 1, 2009 - Claude Snider
132 - May 15, 2009 - Frugal Times
133 - June 1, 2009 - Walter Dec
134 - June 15, 2009 - Motorcycle Man
135 - July 1, 2009 - The End of the Hopedale Community
136 - July 15, 2009 - Final Chapter of Draper in Hopedale
137 - August 1, 2009 - 1912
138 - August 15, 2009 - Grafton & Upton Railroad - Hopper
139 - September 1, 2009 - The Water Department
140 - September 15, 2009 - Nipmuc Rod and Gun Club
141 - October 1, 2009 - Dynamite at the Shop
142 - October 15, 2009 - Lawrence, 1912
143 - November 1, 2009 - Home School Ad
144 - November 15, 2009 - Sox, Yanks, Douglas
145 - December 1, 2009 - The Mill River
146 - December 15, 2009 - Otis
147 - January 1, 2010 - The Pleasant Valley
148 - January 15, 2010 - The Depression Era in Hopedale
149 - February 1, 2010 - Extending the G&U Railroad
150 - February 15, 2010 - Leola Stearns - Patrick's
151 - March 1, 2010 - Trolley Trip
152 - March 15, 2010 - The Crossways and The Larches
153 - April 1, 2010 - The "Other Drapers"
154 - April 15, 2010 - Animals of the Area
155 - May 1, 2010 - Indian Names
156 - May 15, 2010 - The Honor Roll
157 - June 1, 2010 - The Town Park
158 - June 15, 2010 - Northrop, Kellogg and Barney
159 - July 1, 2010 - The Hopedale Parish
160 - July 15, 2010 - The Water Cure House
161 - August 1, 2010 - The General Draper Statue
162 - August 15, 2010 - Emilio Bacchioicchi
163 - September 1, 2010 - The Fatal Crisis
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