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Montague is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,437 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan statistical area. The villages of Montague Center, Montague City, Lake Pleasant, Millers Falls, and Turners Falls are located in the town of Montague. ==History== Originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, the area was known as ''Peskeompskut''. Montague was first settled by Europeans in 1715 and was incorporated in 1754. The town has five villages within it: Montague Center, Montague City, Turners Falls, Millers Falls, and Lake Pleasant. The Turners Falls Canal through Montague was one of the first canals in the United States, and important in early transport along the Connecticut River, and Lake Pleasant was a prominent spiritualist campground. Turners Falls was a planned mill community (similar to but less successful than that at Lowell, Massachusetts) that developed when the canal was converted to use for power production rather than transportation in the mid 19th century. Between 1974 and 1980, the Montague Nuclear Power Plant was proposed for construction in the town. Montague has claimed to be the location of a maple tree that inspired poet Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) to write the popular 1913 poem "Trees", however family accounts and documents establish the poem was written in Mahwah, New Jersey.〔Kelly, Mike. ("Did Mahwah's trees inspire Joyce Kilmer's famous poem?" ) in ''The Bergen Record'' (26 January 2013). Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕〔Associated Press. ("Doomed Oak Said Kilmer Poem Source" ) in ''The Berkshire Eagle'' (16 September 1963), 8.〕 Musician Tiny Tim (musician) suffered a heart attack on stage on September 28, 1996 at the Montague Grange Hall; his health never recovered and he died on November 30, 1996 in Minnesota. Image:The Center, Montague, MA.jpg|Montague Center in 1907 Image:Main Street, Looking North, Montague City, MA.jpg|Montague City in 1907 Image:Suspension Bridge, Turners Falls, MA.jpg|Old Red Bridge in 1907 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montague, Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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