Franklin County is the least populated county in Massachusetts. Situated at the crossroads of two major highways; One flowing north/south carrying travelers to and from the larger southern cities. The other, east/west, providing a direct route to Boston. The history here dates to before the first settlers, into the American revolution through the industrial revolution and now into the 21st Century drug crisis. Tool
factories and paper mills supported the towns until the middle of the twentieth century when the industry moved overseas, leaving it a shell of its former self.
People still pass through here to and from the larger northeastern cities. perhaps keeping this place from sinking into record as another industrial town devoured by a culture that no longer needs it.
The same highways that connect t
