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Rainfall amounts at White Reservoir in inches

			1957	1958
Jan			1.69	6.14
Feb			1.42	3.87
Mar			1.28	3.38
Apr			3.05	6.24
May			3.35	3.46
June			2.48	2.13
July			2.32	4.48
Aug			1.60	4.01
Sep			1.37	4.88
Oct			2.92	4.10
Nov			4.77	3.75
Dec			7.69	1.39
			33.94	47.83

Rainfall Amounts at Ashley Pond in inches by the months

					1957	1958
Jan					1.66	5.11
Feb					0.97	2.29
Mar					1.74	3.17
Apr					2.82	6.74
May					2.59	3.27
June					2.35	3.30
July					2.03	5.82
Aug					2.98	4.34
Sept					2.57	6.39
Oct					3.07	4.19
Nov					4.69	3.44
Dec					4.99	1.45
					32.46	49.51

Modern Architecture since 1900 by Curtis

A Field Guide to American Houses by McAlester

Photographers – A Source Book for Historical Research by Peter Palmquist

A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers 1839 to 1900 from Picton Press from year 1993 (the Holyoke section is from page 281 to 288)

Architectural Styles of Europe and America by Paradis

Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society

Under Quabbin (video)

Wood and Weather Drums – my nephew’s drum renovation store

Citrus Sky Boutique – my sister has a store for children’s clothing

Historic New England’s Architectural Style Guide

Grave Plot Tenders (External Link)

One Place Study

Paola Ferrario art

Holyoke Creative Arts Center

Victory Theater

Holyoke Civic Symphony

Hitchcock Center (Amherst)

Gail Olmsted

Amherst Center Cultural District

Massachusetts Postal Research Society

Pioneer Valley Fern Society

The Riverview Machine Company was in Holyoke at least from 1965 to 1991. They were at 102 Cabot Street and their name is still on the building. Donald B Charbonneau was president and treasurer.

The mills of South Hadley

Industrial Power Houses of South Hadley – Leo Labonte

Stony Brook Paper Company – mills in South Hadley but office was at 10 Crescent Street in Holyoke.

Carew Paper Mill

Height of the water at the Whiting Street Dam in feet

height	1917	1944
Jan	17’3	18’1
Feb	17’1	17’3
Mar	16’1	17’2
Apr	21’2	19’1
May	20’1	21’4
June	20’1	20’7
July	21’3	20
Aug	20’6	18’5
Sep	19’2	17’3
Oct	17’1	16’8
Nov	17′	16’3
Dec	17’8	16’11

Rainfall amount at Whiting Street Reservoir as measured in inches.

rain	1916	1917	1924	1934	1944	1947	1957	1958
Jan	1.65	3.42	4.41	4.03	1.77	3.48	1.61	3.30
Feb	4.56	2.77	2.18	3.51	2.34	2.95	1.30	2.21
Mar	2.53	3.88	0.89	2.52	4.91	2.59	1.67	2.96
Apr	3.15	1.75	5.90	6.38	4.34	4.90	3.34	6.11
May	2.88	4.17	3.66	4.50	0.81	5.18	1.93	2.06
June	7.01	4.21	1.95	6.32	4.72	3.31	3.11	2.05
July	5.16	2.93	1.49	1.92	2.93	4.57	2.92	6.10
Aug	2.46	5.30	3.54	4.08	2.23	2.67	2.46	2.73
Sep	5.93	0.64	5.58	11.72	4.89	4.30	2.48	5.61
Oct	1.00	6.68	0.46	2.70	2.01	2.57	2.72	3.71
Nov	3.41	0.74	3.45	3.58	4.70	6.20	3.80	3.10
Dec	2.99	2.74	2.23	4.70	3.27	2.75	7.97	1.45
totals							35.31	41.39

The book Holyoke by Constance Green is a fine book and required reading for all who like Holyoke history.

1 – farms

2 – cotton lords

3 – local industry (1859 to 1873)

4 – community problems (1859 to 1873)

5 – paper city (1873 to 1893)

6 – rise of the trusts (1893 to 1903)

7 – labor (1873 to 1903)

8 – management and labor (1903 to 1922)

9 – government (1873 to 1927)

10 – schools

11 – religion (1850 to 1922)

12 – social life

13 – civic conscience

LOCATION

VIDEO (from South Hadley Cable Access)

Hugh Scott moved with his family from Salem Massachusetts to the Falls section of South Hadley in 1868. From 1883 to 1891 the Scott family was on Gaylord Street near Bardwell. In 1891 in the same neighborhood Raymond Scott bought house for the family at 5 Walnut Street.

Raymond Scott bought the home from Henry Gaylord the brother of James Gaylord. James had died in February of 1891. James had bought the land on Walnut Street to develop homes and did build 5 Walnut but he died soon after.

During the 1930s Ray moved to Granby and his son Robbie took the 5 Walnut Street home. When Robbie died in May of 1975 his wife Pearl sold the home outside the Scott family for the first time in 84 years.

Ray Scott worked as a foreman in the paper mills of Holyoke. In 1900 he was at the Gill Paper Mill. From 1914 to 1919 he was at the Nonotuck Paper Mill. From 1920 to 1928 he was at the Wauregan Paper Mill.

Scott children	birth	death	image
Charles Dimmock	6 Nov 1848 Mansfield CT	8 Jan 1923 South Hadley	image
Earl Montgomery	3 Mar 1850 • Coventry, Connecticut	18 Feb 1939 • Dalton	image
Willie D	5 Dec 1851 Mansfield Connecticut	1852 Mansfield Connecticut	image
Lillian Maria	12 Nov 1852 • Mansfield, CT	8 Jul 1896 • Coventry, CT	image
Frank Orville	31 Aug 1856 • Mansfield CT	5 Nov 1939 • West Springfield, MA	image
Addie Parsons	8 Aug 1858 • Salem	6 Mar 1890 • South Hadley	image
Katie Sawyer	1 Aug 1860 • Salem	17 Mar 1943 • Granby	image
Arthur Livingston	17 Sep 1864 • Salem	19 Sep 1946 • Easthampton	image
Raymond Palmer	11 Oct 1869 • South Hadley	14 Feb 1945 • Granby	image
young child	1 Aug 1866 • Russell, MA	1 Aug 1866 • Russell, MA	image