"On Springfield Mountain"  is one of America’s earliest known ballads, recounting the tragic death of a young man fatally bitten by a rattlesnake while mowing a field. The song memorializes Timothy Merrick, who was recorded to have died of a snakebite on August 7, 1761, in the Outward Commons —an area that is now part of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Recognized as a staple of early American folk tradition, the song appears in numerous collections and is often cited as an example

The story of the potato chip begins in the mid-1800s with George Crum, born George Speck, a chef of Native and African American heritage who worked at Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York. In 1853, a diner complained that Crum’s fried potatoes were too thick. In response, he sliced a new batch of paper-thin slices, fried them until perfectly crisp, and seasoned them with salt. To everyone’s surprise, the customer loved them, and soon “Saratoga Chips” became the tal

Members and guests entering the golf shop at the Country Club of Wilbraham (MA) may not realize it, but they are stepping into one of the most historic buildings in town The Country Club of Wilbraham as it appears today. Ken Cerino   I first became interested in the building after joining CCW a few years ago and noticed the date 1760 on the front right side. Research showed that this was the home of an early Wilbraham resident named Samuel Warner, and several generations of f