Talk:Chicopee, Massachusetts

Ethnic makeup of Chicopee
"Chicopee is equally divided between a large Polish-American community and a large French American community."

What does "equally divided" mean? 50/50? Cite? No one else of any other ethnic/national heritage lives in Chicopee? I think readers are owed a clarification here. Ripogenus77 23:49, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

First U.S. built automobile
It is generally accepted that the Duryea brothers built the first automobile in the USA and that this happened in Chicopee. They called their car a "Ladies Phaeton" and presented it to the public on September 21, 1893 in Chicopee. (Georgano, G. N. Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930; London: Grange-Universal, 1985; and Kimes, Beverly Rae [editor] and Clark, Henry Austin, jr., The Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805-1942, 2nd edition, Krause Publications [1989], ISBN 0-87341-111-0). --Chief tin cloud (talk) 10:08, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The "Lady's Phaeton" was, following the above mentioned sources, a unique car with a single cylinder engine. The Duryea Motor Wagon came later. It had a 4 cylinder engine and was introduced in 1895. Production started in 1896 in it's own factory in 1896 with an output of 13 cars. This makes it the first production automobile - and the cite the first automobile factory in the USA, but sources (including "American Auto Factory (Automotive History and Personalities)" - Hardcover (Nov. 14, 2002) by Barney Olsen and Joseph Cabadas) mention it having been built in Springfield, Massachusetts. --Chief tin cloud (talk) 10:23, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Elementary schools. Szetela was an Elementeary school from grades Kindergarten thru 3rd Grade at least thru 1967. In what year it became an "Early Childhood Development Center" I do not know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mycroft 514 (talk • contribs) 22:01, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Greater Springfield
Hi all- Because of the breadth of history, geography, culture, and other details which tie into Springfield, Holyoke, and Chicopee, I am currently proposing the creation of a Wikiproject under WikiProject Massachusetts, not unlike WikiProject Boston or WikiProject Lowell. Since this page receives far more views than Greater Springfield I figured I would leave this here. There are so many primary resources out there on this area's history, economy, culture, that I think it would be useful to have a single location to discuss using them for building and improving multiple related pages. If you're interested, please leave some support here. --Simtropolitan (talk) 18:01, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

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