New Website Takes the Past Into the Future

May 30, 1842.....My telegraph is making slow progress; my only difficulty is want of funds. There is no doubt of its eventual success, and as little doubt that I shall reap no benefit from it. There is a compensation in all these things, cousins, if a man will be rich he must generally sacrifice mental culture and intellectual fame. If he will be a student he must incur the fate of a student, if an inventor the fate of an inventor, to be poor while he lives, and praised when he is dead.

This letter illustrates not only the quality and depth of Historic Northampton's collections, but also puts the information age in historical context. A few years after Morse scrawled this letter with a quill, he could have sent it by telegraph. Now, millions around the world can have instant access to it and many other resources through Historic Northampton's new website!
Historic Northampton's website literally takes the past into the future. This online history resource provides features such as virtual tours, virtual exhibits, collections, teacher resources, reference shelf, links, museum shop, and more. Located on the web at: www.historic-northampton.org, it provides in depth resources to students, teachers, and highlights the rich historical heritage of the Connecticut River valley of western Massachusetts.

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