Hopedale History Ezine Menu 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 Thieves    11 - April 1, 2004 - Strike of 1913   12 - First TV in Hopedale    13 - Site Selection for the Hopedale Community    14 - April 15, 2004 - William (the artist) Draper    15 - May 1, 2004 - The Hopedale Penny Post    16 - June 15, 2004 -  Spiritualism in Early Hopedale    17 - July 1, 2004 -  Reformers    18 - July 15, 2004 - Bristow and Queenie,m Part 1    19 - August 1, 2004 -  Bristow and Queenie, Part 2    20 - August 15, 2004 -  Abolitionists    21 - September 1, 2004 -  Park Department History    22 - September 15, 2004 -  Princess Boncompagni    23 - October 1, 2004 -  Memories of the 1850s - Gifford    24 - October 15, 2004 -  Town Report, 1886    25 - November 1, 2004 -  The Draper Family Feud    26 - November 15, 2004 -  The Religious Evolution of Adin Ballou    27 - December 1, 2004 -  General Draper, Part 1    28 - December 15, 2004 - Christmas, 1854    29 - January 1, 2005 -  Abbie's Memories    30 - January 15, 2005 -  The Dutcher Family    31 - February 1, 2005 -  April 1842    32 - February 15, 2005 -  Wartime Wedding    33 - March 1, 2005 -  Short Stories    34 - March 15, 2005 -  The Road to Hopedale    35 - April 1, 2005 -  Will Rockwell Forget?   36 - April 15, 2005 -  Who Fired First?    37 - May 1, 2005 - Thomas Gaffney    38 - May 5, 2005 - Snow Plowing in the Old Days    39 - June 1, 2005 -  Gilbert Thompson    40 - June 15, 2005 -  Famous Fanny    41 - July 1, 2005 - Kentucky Spouses    42 - July 15, 2005 - Long-gone Octagons    43 - August 1, 2005 - The Pest House    44 - August 15, 205 - Family Farm on Dutcher Street    45 - September 15, 2005 - Charles Roper    46 - October 1, 2005 - Spindleville    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   51 - January 1, 2006 - Centennial Speech    52 - January 15, 2006 - The Town Hall    53 - February 1, 2006 - The End Is Near    54 - February 15, 2006 - The Ice-Watch Has Ended    55 - March 1, 2006 - Dr. Kleber Campbell   56 - March 15, 2006 - George Otis Draper    57 - April 1, 2006 - The Bancroft Memorial Library    58 - April 15, 2006 - Sylvester Graham    59 - May 1, 2006 - The Garages    60 - May 15, 2006 - An Ideal Society    61 - June 1, 2006 - The Draper Duplexes    62 - June 15, 2006 - Tom Lipsky and the Parklands    63 - July 1, 2006 - Eben Draper, Jr.    64 - July 15, 2006 - Robinson Billings    65 - August 1, 2006 - Attack Goat    66 - August 15, 2006 - Milk Wagons of Hopedale and Vicinity    67 - September 1, 2006 - Field Days    68 - September 15, 2006 - Boarding Houses    69 - October 1, 2006 - Draper Strike of 1913    70 - October 15, 2006 - 1935    71 - November 1, 2006 - Lowell Hammond    72 - November 15, 2006 - Robot Bomb    73 - December 1, 2006 - The Harrison Block    74 - December 15, 2006 - Anna's Christmas    75 - January 1, 2007 - Sacred Heart Church    76 - January 15, 2007 - Abolitionism in Hopedale    77 - February 1, 2007 - Dredging the Pond    78 - February 15, 2007 - The Community House    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   164 - September 15, 2010 - Dr. Verner Johnson   165 - October 1, 2010 - The District Nursing Association   166 - October 15, 2010 - 1980, Milestone Year     167 - November 1, 2010 - To Tolstoy and Beyond    168 - November 15, 2010 - Nicola Sacco    169 - December 1, 2010 - The Branded Hand    170 - December 15, 2010 - Cards by Lizzie    171 - January 1, 2011 - Oakledge, 1905    172 - January 15, 2011 - The Governor    173 - February 1, 2011 - A Tour of Hopedale, 1906    174 - February 15, 2011 - Henry Patrick's Store    175 - March 1, 2011- The Case for Milford    176 - March 15, 2010 - Hopedale Airport    177 - April 1, 2011 - Hopedale Leaves Milford    178 - April 15, 2011 - Trees    179 - May 1, 2011 - 1986    180 - May 15, 2011 - The Dutcher Family and Business    181 - June 1, 2011 - The J's    182 - June 15, 2011 - The Early Years in the Hopedale Schools    183 - July 1, 2011 - History of the Parklands by Hopper    184 - July 15, 2011 - The Draper Era    185 - August 1, 2011 - History of Hopedale Schools, Part 1    186 - August 15, 2011 - History of Hopedale Schools, Part 2    187 -  September 1, 2011 - You might be from Hopedale if...    188 - September 15, 2011 - Community Newspapers    189 - October 1, 2011 - The Statue of Hope    190 - October 15, 2011 - Problems at the District School    191 - November 1, 2011 - The Fall of 1861    192 - November 15, 2011 - Cora Hatch    193 - December 1, 2011 - Wickliffe Preston Draper    194 - December 15, 2011 - Last Years Before Rockwell    195 - January 1, 2012 - Library Reports    196 - January 15, 2012 - Yankee General, Southern Belle    197 - February 1, 2012- Waiting for William    198 - February 15, 2012 - Abby Kelley Foster   199 - March 1, 2012 - Draper Expansion, 1856 - 1896    200 - March 15 2012 - Visitors to the Community    201 - April 1, 2012 - Factory Town    202 - April 15, 2012 - April 1912    203 - May 1, 2012 - Cemeteries of Milford and Hopedale    204 - May 15, 2012 - Hopedale Center Facelift    205 - June 1, 2012 - The Princess Bride    206 - June 15, 2012 - Local News, 1920    207 - July 1, 2012 - Astonishing Changes    208 - July 15, 2012 - Ambassador to Italy   209 - August 1, 2012 - Model Company Town 210 - August 15, 2012 - Draper Condo Proposal    211 - September 1, 2012 - The Rise and Fall of Draper    212 - September 15, 2012 - The First Draper Statue    213 - October 1, 2012 - The Village Cemetery at 100    214 - October 15, 2012 - Beebe River    215 - November 1, 2012 - Foundry Operations    216 - November 15, 2012 - The Remains of the Trolley Path    217 - December 1, 2012 - Selling Draper's Railroad    218 - December 15, 2012 - First Town Report    219 - January 1, 2013 - Hopedale in 1888    220 - January 15, 2013 - Building a Mill Village    221 - February 1, 2013 - President Visits Hopedale    222 - February 15, 2013 - Draper Homes in Boston    223 - March 1, 2013 - School Superintendent's Report, 1909    224 - March 15, 2013 - Plans for the Community House    225 - April 1, 2013 - IWW Strike at Draper Company, 1913    226 - April 15, 2013 - The Lake Street Development    227 - May 1, 2013 - Otis and Lily    228 - May 15, 2013 - Hopedale and its Founder   229 - June 1, 2013 - Utopia to Company Town    230 - June 15, 2013 - NEAAU Swim Meet, Hopedale Pond    231 - July 1, 2013 - Adam J. Mesmeheimer    232 - July 15, 2013 - Report of the High School Principal, 1910    233 - August 1, 2013 -  Last Days of the Legion    234 - August 15, 2013 - Hopedale in 1913    235 - September 1, 2013 - Model Company Town - Conclusion    236 - September 15, 2013 - Captain Draper on the Mississippi    237 - October 1, 2013 - Peter Moore    238 - October 15, 2013 - Hurricane and Tornado    239 - November 1, 2013 - School Superintendent's Report, 1914    240 - November 15, 2013 - The War at Home, 1917    241 - December 1, 2013 - The Demise of the Country Store    242 - December 15, 2013 - Abandoned Home-sites    243 - January 1, 2014 - The General and the Feud    244 - January 15, 2014 - Mergers That Ruin    245 - February 1, 2014 - A Kid's Paradise in the Sixties    246 - February 15, 2014 - The Drapers in Uxbridge    247 - March 1, 2014 - Hopedale High Became Church    248 - March 15, 2014 - Hopedale High School - The Early Years    249 - April 1, 2014  - Gov. Eben Sumner Draper    250 - April 15, 2014 - Dogwood and Shuttles    251 - May 1, 2014 - Milford Hospital    252 - May 15, 2014 - The Country Club    253 - June 1, 2014 - The Post Office    254 - June 15, 2014 - Al Tarca     255 - July 1, 2014 - Henry Patrick by Hackett    256 - July 15, 2014 - James Northrop    257 - August 1, 2014 - War Memorial    258 - August 15, 2014 - Parklands and Railroad    259 - September 1, 2014 - Coal By Rail    260 - September 15, 2014 - Home Building - 1977    261 - October 1, 2014 - A Plaque for Willard    262 - October 15, 2014 - Seance    263 - November 1, 2014 - Homes with Names    264 - November 15, 2014 - Burned in Boston    265 - December 1, 2014 - The Community    266 - December 15, 2014 - Three at 100    267 - January 1, 2015 - Just Trying to Help    268 - January 15, 2015 - The Harrison Block, 1984    269 - February 1, 2015 - Firemen's Muster, Parade, 1986    270 - February 15, 2015 - Telephone Service, 1880    271 - March 1, 2015 - The Free Love Incident    272 - March 15, 2015 - Draper, 1856 - 1878    273 - April 1, 2015 - The Hopedale Centennial Parade    274 - April 15, 2015 - Hopedale, 1915    275 - May 1, 2015 - Electricity    276 - May 15, 2015 - Draper Corporation in the Dutcher Years    277 - June 1, 2015 - The Hurricane of '38    278 - June 15, 2015 - The Mill River Men    279 - July 1, 2015 - A Plaque for The "Old House"   280 - July 15, 2015 - Vanilla Coke    281 - August 1, 2015 - Sprawling Complex, 1990    282 - August 15, 2015 - Red Cross Home, 1918    283 - September 1, 2015 - A Game of Bluff?    284 - September 15, 2015 - The Parklands    285 - October 1, 2015 -  The Milford Water Company    286 - October 15, 2015 - Letter to the Editor, 1873    287 - November 1, 2015 - The Kentuckians, Part 1    288 - November 15, 2015 - The Kentuckians, Part 2    289 - December 1, 2015 -  GReenleaf-3    290 - December 15, 2015 - Community House Dedication    291 - January 1, 2016 - Hopedale in 1916, Part 1 292 - January 15, 2016 - Hopedale in 1916, Part 2    293 - February 1, 2016 - Hopedale in 1916, Part 3    294 - February 15, 2016 - The Blzzard of '78    295 - March 1, 2016 - Benjamin Helm Bristow, Part 1    296 - March 15, 2016 - Benjamin Helm Bristow, Part 2    297 - April 1, 2016 - Bancroft Park    298 - April 15, 2016 - A Ride on the G&U Railroad    299 - May 1, 2016 - Not for Everyone    300 - May 15, 2016 - Ballou Statue and Park Dedication    301 - June 1, 2016 - Hopedale's Early Homes    302 - June 15, 2016 - Adin Ballou's School Days    303 - July 1, 2016 - July 4th Speech, 1827    304 - July 15, 2016 - An Old-Fashioned Fourth    305 - August 1, 2016 - Field Day, 1922    306  - August 15, 2016 - Park Department, 1944, 1945 and 1946    307 - September 1, 2016 - School Superintendent's Report, 1916    308 - September 15, 2016 - William Lapworth, Part 1    309 - October 1, 2016 - William Lapworth, Part 2    310 - October 15, 2016 - William Lapworth, Part 3    311 - November 1, 2016 - Milford Hospital - The Beginning    312 - November 15, 2016 - The Work of a Weaver    313 - December 1, 2016 - The Draper Companies, 1878 - 1892    314 - December 15, 2016 - The Albee Corn Mill    315 - January 1, 2017 - 1917, Part 1    316 - January 15, 2017 - 1917, Part 2    317 - February 1, 2017 - 1917, Part 3    318 - February 15, 2017 - 1917, Part 4    319 - March 1, 2017 - Manning's Work in Hopedale, Part 1    320 - March 15, 2017 - Manning's Work in Hopedale, Part 2    321 - April 1, 2017 - Opinions on Separation, Part 1    322 - April 15, 2017 - Opinions on Separation, Part 2    323 - May 1, 2017 - Hopedale Schools, 1886, Part 1    324 - May 15, 2017 - Hopedale Schools, 1886, Part 2    325 - June 1, 2017 - The Height of Luxury    326 - June 15, 2017 - 94 Freedom       327 - July 1, 2017 - Col. Bristow and the Klan    328 - July 15, 2017 - Flood, Fire, and False Alarms    329 - August 1, 2017 - Home Ec and Shop    330 - August 15, 2017 - C. Howard Walker and the Bancroft Library    331 - September 1, 2017 - A Letter to Clare    332 - September 15, 2017 - "I'm Engaged!"    333 - October 1, 2017 - The Old House    334 - October 15, 2017 - On the Road with Otis    335 - November 1, 2017 - More Draper Letters    336 - November 15, 2017 - The Old House - Ballou    337 - December 1, 2017 - Lt. Draper, 1861    338 - December 15, 2017 - Lt. Draper, November 1861    339 - January 1, 2018 - 1918, Part 1    340 - January 15, 2018 - 1918, Part 2    341 - February 1, 2018 - 1918, Part 3    342 - February 15, 2018 - 1918, Part 4    343 - March 1, 2018 - 1918, Part 5    344 March 15, 2018 - Office Building at 70 Hopedale Street. 345 - April 1, 2018 - The Police Station    346 - April 15, 2018 - The Time Capsule    347 - May 1, 2018 - The Best Town    348 - May 15, 2018 - From the Front End    349 - June 1, 2018 - Jones Road Developments    350 - June 15, 2018 - Milford Hospital    351 - July 1, 2018 - Hopedale Mansions    352 - July 15, 2018 - Hopedale's Early Streets    353 - August 1, 2018 - A Private Affair    354 - August 15, 2018 - The Hopedale Community    355 - September 1, 2018 - Members of the Hopedale Community    356 - September 15, 2018 - The Water Cure House    357 - October 1, 2018 - Origin of Hopedale Churches    358 - October 15, 2018 - The South Hopedale Branch Library    359 - November 1, 2018 - Millions for Psychiatry    360 - November 15, 2018 - The Pendulum Has Swung    361 - December 1, 2018 - Sylvia Thwing, Part 1    362 - December 15, 2018 - Sylvia Thwing, Part 2    363 - January 1, 2019 - Hopedale in 1919, Part 1    364 - January 15, 2019 - Hopedale in 1919, Part 2    365 - February 1, 2019 - Hopedale in 1919, Part 3    366 - February 15, 2019 - Hopedale in 1919, Part 4    367 - March 1, 2019 - Brilliant Man, Tragic Life    368 - March 15, 2019 - Draper Open House, 1950    369 - April 2019 - Hopedale Foundries to Shut    370 - May 2019 - Chapel and Church    371 - June 2019 - Bridge Demolition    372 - July 2019 - Historic Monument Dedicated    373 - August 2019 - Town Park Bandstand, Etc    374 - September 2019 - Dedication of the Griffin Apartments    375 - October 2019 - The Winning Pitch    376 - November 2019 - Letters to Her Son    377 - December 2019 - Princess Boncompagni on Shorpy.com    378 - January 2020 - Hopedale in 1920, Part 1    379 - February 2020 - Hopedale in 1920, Part 2                                                        HOME    ..