Around Agawam and Feeding Hills

Newly found images from the extensive collections of the Agawam Historical Association and the author fill Around Agawam and Feeding Hills, the third volume to visually document the town’s residents and the places they lived, worked, and played.

Calla Shasta, Riverside Park, the Agawam Fire Department, schools, agriculture, and 75th and centennial anniversary celebrations are among the subjects depicted within and accompanied by informative text. News photographs from the last half of the 20th century connect readers to the town’s recent history, making Around Agawam and Feeding Hills a must-have addition for anyone interested in Agawam’s fascinating story. All royalties from the sale of his book benefit the Agawam Historical Association.

In 1978, thirteen-year-old David Cecchi salvaged a poster promoting a 1919 dance at Feeding Hills town hall from the rubble of a demolished farmhouse near the farm where he grew up, sparking a lifelong interest in local history. In 2024, after more than three decades on its board of directors, Cecchi was elected president of the Agawam Historical Association. He is the author of Agawam and Feeding Hills (2000), Agawam and Feeding Hills Revisited (2005), Riverside Park (2011), and The Big E: Eastern States Exposition (2016) and the creator of The News from Agawam.