Editing South Deerfield, Massachusetts (section)

==History==
The area was once home to the Pocumtuck tribe, who were driven away by settlers relocated in 1673 from [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]]. In retaliation, on September 18, 1675, the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]] attacked and killed Captain Thomas Lathrop and a small force in the [[Battle of Bloody Brook]] before being routed by reinforcements. Thereafter called Bloody Brook or Muddy Brook, South Deerfield in 1809 attempted to be set off from Deerfield in part because of the distance to its meetinghouse and in part because of religious differences with its minister, the Reverend Samuel Willard. The grant was refused, and the village remained part of Deerfield, but South Deerfield nevertheless dedicated its own meetinghouse in 1821. Situated beside the [[Connecticut River]], it developed as a small farming community.

There are a variety of retail and service establishments in South Deerfield, including a hardware store, a family restaurant, the Polish American Citizens Club, and a small brewery. The town's Tilton Library and Frontier Regional High School are also in South Deerfield.

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Image:Old Bartlett House, South Deerfield, MA.jpg|Bartlett House in 1910
Image:Mt. Sugarloaf, South Deerfield, MA.jpg|Mt. Sugarloaf in 1910
Image:Connecticut River from Mt. Sugarloaf, South Deerfield, MA.jpg|Connecticut River, c. 1910
Image:Lathrop Hotel, South Deerfield, MA.jpg|Lathrop Hotel in 1911
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