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Welcome to Chester, Massachusetts. A man named Hiram Smith lived here a long time ago and left behind a tomb for us to find. A tomb in the woods. By itself. A tomb carved into a boulder…….
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Sources/Further Reading:

Picturesque Hampden - Warner & Johnson, 1891
Massachusetts; a Guide, Frederick W. Cook - 1937
Curious New England - Joseph Citro, 2003
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION - December 3rd, 1957
The Springfield Union - October 4th, 1949
Maine Cultivator - February 18th, 1869
Springfield Republican - January 28th, 1968
Springfield Republican - February 18th, 1868
Cleveland Daily Leader - February 10th, 1869
The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 26th, 1896
The Boston Sunday Herald - December 19th, 1920
Springfield Republican - September 20th, 1931
Springfield Republican - July 3rd, 1910
Portland Press Herald - October 4th, 1949
Stone walls, Hiram Smith’s Tomb - Grace Oppenheimer, 1979
Berkshire Eagle - August 3rd, 1989
The Holyoke Transcript Telegram - March 17th, 1941
The Boston Globe - August 31st, 1958
Dallas Herald - March 28th, 1868
The Springfield Republican - February 26th, 1868
The Springfield Daily Republican - August 6th, 1878
Daily Evening Bullletin - February 27th, 1869
The Springfield Union - August 16th, 1915
The Springfield Union - October 1st, 1962
Weird U.S. - Moran & Sceurman, 2009