Tour highlights Florence’s abolitionist history
A group listens as Steve Strimer leads the African American Heritage Trail in the David Ruggles Center For Early Florence History and Underground Railroad Studies on Martin Luther King Day. GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS
People on a walking tour listen as Steve Strimer talks about the African-American Heritage Trail at the Sojourner Truth statue in Florence, Monday. GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS
A group lead by Steve Strimer on the African American Heritage Trail walks into the David Ruggles Center For Early Florence History and Underground Railroad Studies on Martin Luther King Day. GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS
A Look Back
200 Years Ago
■Auction tomorrow! The tavern stand now occupied by Mr. Henry Smith, having been disposed of, and he about leaving the premises, the furniture of said house, consisting of many elegant and valuable articles, will be exposed for sale at auction on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 10 o’clock A.M. on the premises, Samuel Phelps, auctioneer.
■Benj. H. Henshaw wishes to inform his friends and the public that he continues to manufacture at his shop a few rods north of the courthouse in Northampton all kinds of chairs, now in use, which he offers low for cash or credit.