West Brookfield, Massachusetts
Stories of the Quaboag Plantation
Sketches from "Quaboag Plantation Alias Brookefeild"
Typical Village Home
Step back to a time when America was new, follow in the footsteps of history and join us in a journey into the historical roots of the Quaboag Plantation.
The story of the planters and their way of life, plus a reasonably accurate description of the village that arose from the wilderness of the Nipmuck country to become Quaboag Plantation, is the drama of 12 families clustered atop a knoll surrounded by Indian villages.
Typical Quaboag Plantation Barn
In August of 1675, during King Philip's War, the Siege of Brookfield took place on what was Prichard's Hill in Quaboag Plantation. Today this is Foster Hill, West Brookfield.
Who were the residents in the village at the time of the Indian assault? The Indians who had inhabited this land before the settlers arrived were the Quaboag, a part of the Nipmuck.
The Quaboag Plantation today is made up of 6 towns: Brookfield, North Brookfield, West Brookfield, East Brookfield, New Braintree, and Warren. The Town which is now West Brookfield encompasses the site of the first settlement on Quaboag Plantation.
The Stories:
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