[3] A scheduled air service operated out of Bowles for approximately one year, before ending.

[4][3] Airlines now serve Springfield through Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

Agawam Park, a pari-mutuel horse racing track, including grandstand and stables, was built adjacent to Bowles Airport.

Seabiscuit won the Springfield Handicap at Agawam in track record time in October 1935.

[5] The racetrack operated until pari-mutuel betting was outlawed by referendum in Hampden County in November 1938.