TURPENTINE EXTRACTION IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY, 1643-1715
TURPENTINE EXTRACTION IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY, 1643-1715
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Turpentine extraction was an historically-significant, valley-wide phenomenon between the English colonial settlements of Hartford and Deerfield in the Connecticut River Valley. Between 1689 and 1715, the plantations of Deerfield, Hatfield, Hadley, and Northampton had so decimated the pitch pine components of their woodlands and the smoke from the processing kilns so polluted their towns that the industry was brought to a halt by votes at town meetings. Three papers related to this topic are presented.
COLLECTED BURNED AND BOXED - restructured -12-09-2020.docxCollected burned and boxed
Collected burned and boxed
“Collected, Burned and Boxed” provides an overview of turpentine extraction in the Connecticut Valley from its beginnings in the 1640s. This study was undertaken in 2020.
Tar and Turpentine - Rise and Fall of the Naval Stores Industry.pdfTar and Turpentine
Tar and Turpentine
The Rise and Fall of the Naval Stores Industry in the Connecticut River Valley, 1643-1715 discusses the techniques of turpentine (pine pitch) extraction and its significance in New England’s maritime ship-building industry. This paper was published in the Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 51 (1), Winter 2023.
The Rise and Fall of the Naval Stores Industry in the Connecticut River Valley, 1643-1715 discusses the techniques of turpentine (pine pitch) extraction and its significance in New England’s maritime ship-building industry. This paper was published in the Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 51 (1), Winter 2023.
Turpentine and Deerfield's Woodlands.pdfTurpentine in Deerfield
Turpentine in Deerfield
"Turpentine Extraction & the Metamorphosis of the Local Woodlands in Deerfield" focuses specifically on Deerfield at a time when the village was on the very fringes of the colonial frontier. A version of this paper was presented at the Dublin Seminar in 2024. An extended version will be published as “Turpentine Extraction & the Metamorphosis of the Local Woodlands, 1689-1713” in the forthcoming in the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings, 2024, Into the Woods: New England Forests in Fact and Fiction.
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