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Craigslist Inc. Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company [ 5] operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
A streetcar for the Amherst and Sunderland Street Railway crosses Amherst Center, in front of the town hall, c. 1903.. The earliest known document of the lands now comprising Amherst is the deed of purchase dated December 1658 between John Pynchon of Springfield and three native inhabitants, referred to as Umpanchla, Quonquont, and Chickwalopp. [7]
Western Massachusetts has diverse topography; 22 colleges and universities including UMass in Amherst, MA, with approximately 100,000 students; [ 1] and such institutions as Tanglewood, the Springfield Armory, and Jacob's Pillow . The western part of western Massachusetts includes the Berkshire Mountains, where there are several vacation resorts.
Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother Frank, the company built the Duryea Motor Wagon, a one-cylinder four-horsepower car, [ 1] first demonstrated on September 21, 1893, in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Taylor Street in Metro Center. It is considered the first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S. Reading, PA, "where Duryea first ...
The City of Springfield is the economic center of Western Massachusetts. It features the Pioneer Valley 's largest concentration of retail, manufacturing, entertainment, banking, legal, and medical groups. Springfield is home to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' largest Fortune 100 company, MassMutual Financial Group.
History of Springfield, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.112411°N 72.547455°W. The Old Fort, which saved many in the Siege of Springfield during King Philip's War; the Springfield Armory prior to the construction of its modern arsenal buildings after 1845; the Old First Church and Court Square, as it appeared in 1827.
Mulberry Street ( 42.102224°N 72.578119°W) is a historic street and tourist destination in Springfield, Massachusetts. Made famous by Dr. Seuss ' first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, [1] the street is less than one mile from Springfield's Metro Center neighborhood, the Springfield Armory, and the Quadrangle.
Springfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,358 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,358 at the 2010 census. The Town of Springfield is located at the northern county line of Otsego County and is approximately 50 mi (80 km) west of Schenectady .