Northampton Fires and Firefighting
Shanley, Joshua![Northampton Fires and Firefighting](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/439/43928687/CHSBZCOP0343928687.jpg)
Settled not long after the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth, Europeans were living in Northampton, Massachusetts, by 1653. Throughout the early years, fire was a constant threat. And not long after the first fires destroyed buildings constructed of thatched roofs and wooden chimneys, townspeople organized a fire department. Although not officially established until 1857 after a spate of arson fires throughout the 1840s, the earliest fire ...