Incorporated in 1673, the town of Brookfield was part of the original Quaboag Plantation land grant of 1660 and is situated at a crossroads of the Boston Post Road that connected New York and Boston.
During the early 1700s, Brookfield was first colonizedin an area occupied by the Pootatuck Indians. Hat,shear, and comb factories arose along the Still River,enticing settlers, who built farms, church
Originally a part of Quaboag Plantation, the town of West Brookfield became independent by incorporating in 1848. Early industries included brickyards and factories for bookbinding and the manufacture
The old town of Brookfield provides an ethnic microcosm of what makes Wisconsin's settlement story so unique. As Native Americans, primarily the Potawatomi tribe, were forced out of the region, in cam
LITTLE HOUSE. BIG ADVENTURE. Right on the heels of the repackages of the original Little House books come the newly abridged and repackaged novels about Laura's family members, all sporting the same s
Wakefield and Brookfield, located at the geographic center of New England, lie in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Incorporated in 1774, Wakefield was a small agricultural community until
Uses more than 230 historic images to provide a pictorial history of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, located fourteen miles west of the city's center and managed by the Chicago Zoological Society.