| History
West Brookfield was the first section of
the original Brookfield grant to be
settled. Several small industries and
farming remain the main local means of
livelihood, but the town also has several
light manufacturing companies who employ
people from the area.
In 1798 Isaiah Thomas edited the first Brookfield
newspaper. Ebenezer Merriam & Co.
took over the paper in 1802, and Ebenezer's
sons purchased the rights to publish Noah
Webster's dictionary. On Foster Hill
Road is a large boulder from which parson
George Whitefield preached to more than
5,000 alleged sinners in 1741. Indian
Rock, a natural rock formation was used by
King Philip's warriors in 1675, when they
attacked the local fortified house.
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