Each year I select a new topic and start a new series of tours going on that topic. I continue the other topics going as well. By year the special topics are list below. Clicking on their links lead to a page with explanations of each one.
year | topic | link | |
2015 | genealogies | link | of Holyoke families |
2016 | Holyoke Canal | link | |
2017 | churches | link | and their neighborhoods |
2018 | cemeteries | link | |
2019 | reservoirs | link | |
2020 | parks | link | |
2021 | trolleys | link | |
2022 | Olmsted parks | link | in Holyoke |
2023 | sesquicentennial of Holyoke | link | |
2024 | silk | link | |
2025 | Precious Blood Church and 250th anniversary of the American Revolution | link link | campus history |
2026 | 250th anniversary of the USA | link | |
2027 | streets | link | |
Other Topics and Presentations
Community Preservation Act (in Holyoke)
Paper Making, Dandy Rolls, and Paper Mills
Railroad Transportation in Holyoke
Bridges of Holyoke
The Shoreline of Holyoke along the Connecticut River
Works Progress Administration projects in Holyoke
Wars that Holyoke has Fought in
Urban Renewal in Ward 4 in Holyoke Massachusetts