About Rock House Reservation

The Rock House Reservation is a unique place that has been around for a long time. Glaciers that used to cover the area left behind large boulders and changed the shape of the landscape.

Native Americans liked to spend the winter at the Rock House because it was big and faced south. Around the middle of the 17th century, colonists cut down the trees in the area so they could farm. In 1866, the land around the Rock House was added to William Adams and his family’s 281-acre farm on Ragged Hill Road.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the “Copper Line,” an electric trolley that ran between West Brookfield and Ware, stopped at the Rock House.

Today, people can go to the Rock House Reservation to learn about the history and geology of the area.

The geology and history of the area around the reservation are both interesting. Mills were powered by ponds and streams, and the land changed from forests to farmland. Now, the land is going back to how it was before people changed it.

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