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    Category Archives: Books

    Aug 06 2015
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    Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires

    2014 – New Book Honors Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires Local author celebrates notable residents using spectacular, vintage images A new local history book reveals the intriguing characters and accomplished citizens who have made the Southern Berkshires such a wonderful place. Lege...
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    Aug 06 2015
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    One Minute A Free Woman

    Elizabeth Freeman and the Struggle For Freedom Take a journey of heart and mind across time, place, families, and communities. Our journey focuses on the life of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, perhaps the best-known and most influential woman from the Berkshires. In 1781, seeing a contradiction between...
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    Aug 06 2015
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    The Other Side of Glory

    The Berkshire Men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment The Other Side of Glory focuses on the men from the Upper Housatonic Valley who served in the 54th. It takes its name from the harsh reality that both before the war and after their return there was no glory for most of the men. The [&hel...
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    Aug 06 2015
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    Heritage Area Publication Available for Purchase

    AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE: A Historical Life–Journey of African Americans in The Berkshires, and Its Most Influential Woman. The Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail has published “One Minute a Free Woman: Elizabeth Freeman and the Struggle for Freedom”. Written by research ...
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      The Mount – Edith Wharton’s Estate – Lenox, Mass

      The Mount – Edith Wharton’s Estate – Lenox, Mass The Mount was the home of Pulitzer-prize winning author Edith Wharton, who designed the house and gardens with the same intelligence and sensitivity that distinguishes her writing. Edith Wharton created her gardens as architectural compositions, divided into rooms, and planned in concert with the house and […]
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      Goose Pond Reservation – Lee, Mass

      Goose Pond Reservation – 112 acres.  A Trustees of Reservations property located on Goose Pond. Boaters can launch from a state boat ramp on Ridge Street.  Paddle across Lower Goose Pond, a mountain lake anchored by steep ridgelines that also support a remote section of the 2,179-mile Appalachian Trail. Goose Pond Reservation is managed as […]
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      Naumkeag Museum and Gardens – Stockbridge, Mass

      One of the Berkshires’ original gilded-age “cottages”, Naumkeag is famous for its eight acres of terraced gardens and landscaped grounds surrounded by forty acres of woodland, meadow, and pasture that stretch to the Housatonic River Valley. The gardens and landscaped grounds, first designed in the late 1880s by Nathan Barrett, were transformed and expanded between […]
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      Colonial Carriage and Driving Society – Orleton Farm – Lenox, Mass

      The Colonial Carriage and Driving Society welcomes everyone to join the club, whether you drive carriage horses or just have a interest in the history and traditions of carriage driving. Open meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm in Stockbridge, Mass. Some meetings feature an informational speaker as well […]
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      Campbell Falls State Park – Norfolk, Conn

      Campbell Falls State Park Reserve was a gift to the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the White Memorial Foundation of Litchfield Connecticut. The Whiting River, rising in Massachusetts, falls nearly 100 feet before entering Connecticut. The park was placed under protection of the two states in 1923 and special laws were […]
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      Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival – Becket, Mass

      Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, lauded worldwide as a “hub and mecca of dancing” (TIME Magazine) and “one of America’s most precious cultural assets” (Mikhail Baryshnikov), is home to America’s longest running international dance festival. The Pillow is a designated National Historic Landmark. National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of […]
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      Ashuwillticook Rail Trail – Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams, No. Adams, Mass

      The  11-mile Ashuwillticook Rail Trail wends its’ way through the back woods history and natural beauty of 4 Berkshire County communities, tracing roughly the same travel route Native Americans and later early settlers used centuries ago.  It was an abandoned railway corridor that was then transformed into a paved trail for walkers, bikers, rollerbladers and […]
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      Litchfield County Choral Union & LCCU Festival Orchestra

      Summer performances at The Music Shed at Norfolk – the Battell Stoeckel Estate Yale Summer School of Music Norfolk, CT [ At the junction of Rt 44 and Rt 272 ] The Litchfield County Choral Union (an ~ 75 member chorus) was established in 1899 by Ellen and Carl Stoeckel in memory of Mrs. Stoeckels […]
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      Berkshire Botanical Garden – Stockbridge, Mass

      Nestled in the scenic Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, the Berkshire Botanical Garden offers visitors a peaceful refuge of natural beauty, stunning display gardens and seasonal exhibits, exciting community events, and informative classes for all ages and levels of skill and knowledge.
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