Westfield, Massachusetts, is known as “Whip City” for the industry begun there in 1808, that produced buggy whips. Other companies made bricks, organs, and cigars, and mills produced paper and gunpowder. In 1844, the first students enrolled in the Westfield Normal School, where they were trained to be teachers.
C. H. Vogt and Company. Westfield Map. Map/Plan. 1875. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l07-035/. Accessed on February 7, 2025.
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