Along the Way: Ep8 Ware, MA 

This week we’re exploring the Town of Ware, located at the Eastern end of Hampshire County. A former mill town with a population of 10,066 people. What circumstances made Ware into the Town that we see Today?
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0:00 Prologue
0:53 Early Ware
3:45 Rivers of Ware
4:13 Transportation in Ware
5:16 19th Century Ware
8:14 Early 20th Century Ware
9:06 New England Textile Strike
10:05 Quabbin Reservoir
11:11 Otis Closes
12:02 New England Hurricane of 1938
12:53 Mid-20th Century Ware
14:28 21st Century Ware
17:14 Epilogue
17:44 References
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