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The Agawams (c.1655), in exchange for an English-built fort, sold their remaining planting grounds to them.
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Founded by English entrepreneur and trader William Pynchon in 1636.
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It was a war between European colonists and the indigenous people of New England that broke out in 1675.
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The war started at Fort Sumter in April of 1861. By the end of the war, Springfield had sent 2,625 of its men to fight for the Union cause.
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Between 1900 and 1940, Springfield's African-American community grew from 1,021 to 3,212.
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In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education ruling racial segregation unconstitutional, boycotts and protest marches across the South brought national attention to the issue of civil rights.
