Springfield (MA) citySpringfield är en stad i Hampden County i delstaten Massachusetts i USA. Springfield är administrativ huvudort (county seat) i Hampden County. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 153,060. Översikt
Springfield city i Hampden county i Massachusetts i USA
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HistorikStaden grundades år 1636 av engelsmannen William Pynchon och uppkallades efter hans hemstad Springfield, Essex. The original settlement—today's downtown Springfield—was located atop bluffs at the confluence of four rivers, at the nexus of trade routes to Boston, Albany, New York City, and Montreal, and with some of the northeastern United States' most fertile soil. In 1777, Springfield's location at numerous crossroads led George Washington and Henry Knox to establish the United States' National Armory at Springfield, which produced the first American musket in 1794, and later the famous Springfield rifle. From 1777 until its closing during the Vietnam War, the Springfield Armory attracted skilled laborers to Springfield, making it the United States' longtime center for precision manufacturing. The near-capture of the armory during Shays' Rebellion of 1787 led directly to the formation of the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Övrigt |
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