Well, I'm taking the slow route today, going one mile for each hour that I have practiced. One mile down US 20 from the Family Dollar store gets me to 153 Russell Road (or 153 US 20), where Robert J. Hinckley and his wife Melisa live. They own their little 984 square foot house and 23.5 acres of land, part of which is fronting US 20. There they have (at least until 2019) a nice little produce stand where they sell vegetables and, as you can see from the photo on the left, pumpkins in the fall. I have not been able to ascertain whether or not the business is still open currently. I hope it is, though. It looks like a nice little farm stand that at the time was called Hinckley Harvest Farms. The house was built in 1900 and was most recently sold in 1998. That was also the year Robert Hinckley lost his father; perhaps an inheritence allowed the Hinckleys to buy this house.
Westfield was settled in the late 17th century as a part of the Massachusetts Colony. Here is a link to an interesting website that gives the history of the town and some of its historical buildings:
Westfield History. There is also a college in the town:
Westfield State University.
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