Hadley Historical Society

09/18/2026

Mark your calendars!

06/01/2026

We are so pleased to share that we worked with The Decorative Arts Trust to have a listing in Collecting250 which commemorates the Semiquincentennial through objects.

We submitted the The Montgomery Company Hadley Rose Medal. Check it out here:

The Montgomery Company Hadley Rose Medal by Alex Seigfried | May 29, 2026 | Hadley Historical Society, Metalwork The Montgomery Company Hadley Rose Medal Home > Metalwork > The Montgomery Company Hadley Rose Medal Maker Massachusetts Horticultural Society, designed by Francis Napoleon Mitchell Date....

05/28/2026

Local author Jonathan Moldover will talk about his book, "The Oxbow Since Thomas Cole: The Story of a Landscape, a Painting and a Community."

Thomas Cole’s 1837 painting of the Connecticut River Oxbow is world famous. But in February of 1840, a flood and ice jam gave the river enough force to carve a new channel creating the landscape we know today. The land area once part of Hadley is now part of Northampton. The program will review the history of the Oxbow since then including the logging and sawmill industries from 1872 to 1915.

Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
Hadley Public Library
50 Middle Street
Hadley, MA 01035

Program is free.

02/23/2026

Share Your Hadley Railroad Memories!

John Wilda of Hadley is doing research for a future book on local railroads. Hadley residents are asked to share their memories and photos with him via this survey https://bit.ly/hadleyMA-RR

Click here to check out John's website on local railroad history.
https://leedshillrailroad.weebly.com/hadley-ma.html

10/08/2025

Photos from the Hadley Historical Society archive:

Here is how folks bought their meat back in the day.

Photo 1: A butcher's wagon at the corner of Bay Road and East Street, circa 1900.

Photo 2: The Hall meat wagon, circa 1900.