1900
Mill office building, now 3 Ferry Street, opens; Ferry Street mills spun off from WBMCo to Hampton Company
1899
West Boylston Manufacturing Co (WBMCo). buys the now-bankrupt Easthampton Spinning company; moves operations and several hundred French-Canadian workers from West Boylston to Easthampton
1892
Mill closes; company reorganized into The Easthampton Spinning Co.; mill re-opens
1879-1884
Teen workers stage a series of strikes to fight wage cuts, with some success. Work week is 60 hours
1864
Williston mill expanded with the construction of what is now 5 Ferry Street. Mill utilized a 240-horsepower Corliss steam engine
1860
First Williston spinning mill built. Manufactured cotton yarn and tent cloth for for the Army during the Civil War
1790
First mill on the site, a sawmill, on Broad Brook, downstream from One Ferry Street