Building a Better Life: The French Canadian Experience in Western Massachusetts Pope the Nicollet County Historical Society

the Nicollet County Historical Society and our readers on a new hardcover pictorial history book

a collection of images that captures the area's priceless heritage

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The Journal is pleased to present the second volume of our very popular Looking Back historic photo book we published in 2007

Building a Better Life: The French Canadian Experience in Western Massachusetts Pope the Nicollet County Historical SocietyThe Republican is proud to present Building a Better Life: The French Canadian Experience in Western Massachusetts. This hardcover book from our Heritage series chronicles the history of French Canadians from their life in Canada and the mass migration of more than a million, many of whom ended up in Massachusetts. Many of these migrants did build a better life not just for themselves but for others who benefited from their skills as carpenters and