3 vols.@ 500 pages each. Contents include : Hampden County and John Hampden, Geology of the Area, William Pynchon and CT Valley, Agawam Plantation, Springfield around 1650. Pioneer Life, Settlers, Indian Wars, Educations and Institutions, Librairies and Museums, Individuals and Family Records. Areas include : Springfield, Chicopee, Skipmuck, Holyoke, Westfield - Woronoco, Agawam, Blandford, Brimfield, Chester, East Longmeadow, Granville, Hampden, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Montgomery, Palmer, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Wales, West Springfield, Wilbraham