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Visit Granby's past history, view pictures of Granby, Dufresne Park and playground, scenery from around the town, and beautiful colors of the fall foliage in New England.

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Visit "Granby Then and Now" created by Mr. Brown's Third Grade Class from a Windows on History grant from the Teaching American History program through the Hampshire Educational Collaborative.

Granby Town History

The Town of Granby is a rural suburban town on the outskirts of the Holyoke metropolitan area.  Settled around 1727, the town is dominated in the north by the Holyoke range of hills and has a rugged terrain which hampered agricultural development as the limited water resources hampered industrial development.  However, despite these obstacles, settlers developed farms and some limited industries which made up the town's economic foundation.  They grew grains, turnips, pumpkins and hops, and small distilleries were open by 1812 using the surplus grain produced.  Dairy farming, making buttons and palm leaf hats followed these in economic importance in the 19th century.  However, by 1875, local industry was gone and agriculture, primarily dairy farming, was the staple in Granby.  The town still retains the huge, well-known milk bottle which houses a dairy bar.  Granby retains its original meeting house green and the period character that this section of town gives it as well as a fine neoclassical library and a good stock of Greek revival houses.
 
Granby Massachusetts Town History Information from Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.
Granby is surrounded by five colleges - Mount Holyoke, Amherst, Smith, Hampshire Colleges and
the University of Massachusetts and has a diverse selection of cultural and historical experiences.

Granby is about 15 miles northeast of Springfield, 45 miles west of Worcester,
about 85 miles west of Boston, and 150 miles from New York City.


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Granby Town Hall- Kellogg Hall
Granby Town Offices at Kellogg Hall
Old Grist Mill and Water Wheel
Old Grist Mill and Water Wheel
Playground at Dufresne Park
Playground at Dufresne Park
Toddler Playground at Dufresne Park
Toddler Playground at Dufresne Park
2007 Dufresne Park Playground Addition
2007 Playground Addition
2007 Dufresne Park Playground Addition
2007 Playground Addition
Pond at Dufresne Park
Pond at Dufresne Park
Picnic Area at Dufresne Park
Picnic Area at Dufresne Park
Aldrich Falls at Old Mill
Aldrich Falls at Old Mill

Old Grist Mill at Aldrich Falls (2003)
Fall Foliage
Fall Foliage
Fall Foliage
Fall Foliage
First Police Cruiser
First Granby Police cruiser
a 1956 Ford station wagon
with Chief George Randall

1958 Granby Police Department
Granby Police Department circa 1958

Front row (l to r): William W. Gallup, Dwight Tucker, Eugene Bissell, Eugene Rimbold, Police Chief George Randall
Second row (l to r): Myron Ingham, Adelard Fournier, Joe Lajoie, Edmund Robert
Third row (l to r): Ed Martin, Wilfred Loiselle, Robert Noble, John Baker