I live in Hopedale, Massachusetts. I spend a lot of time on the history of this very little town. It was the site of the utopian Hopedale Community in the 1840s and 1850s, and then became the home of the Draper Corporation, at one time the world's largest manufacturer of automatic cotton looms. To read about Hopedale (including a good deal about Hopedale Village Cemetery), go to www.hope1842.com

I live in Hopedale, Massachusetts. I spend a lot of time on the history of this very little town. It was the site of the utopian Hopedale Community in the 1840s and 1850s, and then became the home of the Draper Corporation, at one time the world's largest manufacturer of automatic cotton looms. To read about Hopedale (including a good deal about Hopedale Village Cemetery), go to www.hope1842.com