Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of the Rocky Mountains in the late 19th century. He was also a physician who served with the Union Army during the Civil War.
Hayden in 1870
Hayden during the Civil War
A noon meal in Ferdinand V. Hayden's camp of the U.S. Geological and Geophysical Survey. Red Buttes, Wyoming Territory, August 24, 1870. Hayden sits at far end of table in dark jacket. (Photo by William Henry Jackson, standing at far right)
Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, United States. Westfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 40,834 at the 2020 census.
Downtown Westfield and Park Square
Replete with interesting graffiti, the M&M Trail passes beneath the Mass Pike along with the railroad
View of Snake Pond and the distant Westfield countryside from East Mountain in Holyoke
A snow-covered residential neighborhood in Westfield.