The history of Wakefield; which developed from a rural mill town in the nineteenth century to SouthCounty�s mercantile center in the twentieth; has never before been published in pictorial format. Using images from the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society; the Peace Dale Library; and a number of private sources; local author Betty J. Cotter chronicles Wakefield�s growth from the days of the horse and buggy; dairy farms; and fields to those of shopping centers and fast-food restaurants. Readers will marvel at the trees lining Main Street before a devastating hurricane and Dutch Elm disease changed the landscape forever. While much of downtown Wakefield has retained its historic character; certain locales�like Dale Carlia Corner�are barely recognizable in images from the first half of the twentieth century. Wakefield�s growth is illustrated vividly in photographs of residents at work and at play: images depict grocery clerks showing off mounds of produce; the owners of one of the town�s first car dealerships standing proudly in front of anew model; and the wealthy inhabitants of Shadow Farmpulling away from their home in a carriage.
#998140 in eBooks 2007-10-22 2007-10-22File Name: B0099HZPTQ
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