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Years Image Event Description Keywords
1660 - 1725   A succession of conflicts transforms indigenous/ colonial relations. A map from the 1704 Deerfield website shows the colonial Northeast, c, 1660-1725. Indian war
1704   Deerfield Massacre A winter raid resulted in the deaths or captivities of three-fifths of the town's inhabitants. The attacking force included men from Odanak and Schaghiticoke, where many New England refugees had gathered after King Philip's War. Indians, French, frontier, captivity" Philip
1868   Deerfield first exhibits door from "Indian House"   Deerfield massacre, museum
1869   Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association founded in Deerfield, Massachusetts   museum
1880   Memorial Hall dedicated in Deerfield A battered door from the so-called "Indian house" was a prominent feature. Deerfield, museum, Indian
1890   Alice Baker returns to Deerfield to restore her ancestral home, Frary House.   summer
1896   Blue and White Society formed in Deerfield   reproduction
1952   Historic Deerfield founded   museum
2004   Memorial Hall Museum launches new website on "The Many Stories of 1704    

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