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July 2, 3 & 4, 1911. Official Souvenir
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Compiled and Arranged by S. CHESTER LYON LINUS W. HARGER Publicity Committee
Cover Design by W. C. OSTRANDER
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
1761
1911
150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Sunday July 2
Monday July 3
Tuesday July 4
Nineteen Hundred Eleven
OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND SOUVENIR
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PITTSFIELD
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ITTSFIELD, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of its corporate existence July 2d, 3d and 4th, 1911, is the shire city, or county seat, of Berkshire, the western county of Massachusetts. History relates that the pioneer settlers located here in 1743. The township was then known as The Plantation of Pontoosuck, but when Col. William Williams secured the passage of the act by which the settlement was incorporated as a town, Sir Francis Bernard, the royal governor of Massachusetts, gave it the name of Pittsfield, in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and popularly known as "The Great Commoner." The town form of government was continued until 1891 when, by vote of the citizens, Pittsfield became a city.
Situated as it is in the center of the Berkshire Hills, the most famous scenic region in America, Pittsfield has never ceased to be a favored place of residence and has grown steadily in population, the last census showing 32,121. The city is served by the Boston and Albany and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads and is in close touch, thereby, with New York, Boston, Springfield and Albany. Its street railway system extends to Connecticut on the south, Vermont on the north, and will soon be connected with an eastern system reaching to Boston and a western sys- tem to Albany. Fine water, a complete and modern sewerage system, well paved streets, admirable schools, a well equipped fire department and an efficient police department, are some of the municipal features. Pittsfield boasts many large manufacturing industries, eight banking institutions, a live board of trade, and mercantile establishments second to no city of its size in the country. It is a city of homes, with beautiful shaded streets, and the educational opportunities offered by such institutions as the library, museum, Y. M. C. A., Boys' Club, Business Women's Associa- tion and Working Girls' Club, appreciably supplement the work of the public schools. Its church organizations have handsome edifices and are flourishing and prosperous.
Pittsfield is known far and wide as "The Gem City of the Berkshires," a title of peculiar appropriateness, because of its natural beauty, its high standards of municipal and individual life, and because, from a materialistic as well as from an idealistic standpoint, it possesses in an unusual degrce the characteristics of the ideal American city.
Outline of Program
Sunday, July 2nd
10.30 A. M.
Services in all churches with Anniversary sermons.
AFTERNOON
2.15 P. M.
Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Morn- ingside Baptist Church. Address by Hon. Louis A. Frothingham, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.
Public address by President Harry A. Gar- field of Williams College, on the First Street Common. Special music.
Monday, July 3rd
10.30 A. M.
Dedication, under the auspices of the Berk- shire County Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, assisted by Mr. F. E. McSweeney
and school children, of Memorial Bowlder on site of Easton's Tavern, South Street.
2 P. M.
Historical Street Pageant, representing Pitts- field's progress for 150 years.
8 P. M.
Anniversary Meeting at Colonial Theatre. Address by Ex-Gov. John D. Long of Hing- ham.
9.30 P. M. Illumination of Park and streets.
Tuesday, July 4th
10.30 A. M.
Civic, Military and Industrial Parade.
AFTERNOON
Aeroplane flights at Allen Farm.
EVENING
Fireworks display at Colt's Lot.
The Hon. John D. Long Principal Orator of the 150th Anniversary Celebration
Mr. Harry Augustus Garfield. LL.D. President of Williams College Speaker at the Public Meeting. July 2
Executive Committee
HON. K. B. MILLER, Chairman, Ex-Officio JOHN NICHOLSON, Chairman
Hon. K. B. Miller
Mr. Henry A. Brewster
Mr. John Nicholson
Mr. J. H. Enright
Mr. Henry Traver, Jr.
Mr. H. B. Sees
Mr. Edward Rosenbaum
Mr. E. J. Spall
Mr. Edward Boltwood
Mr. L. J. Minahan
Mr. George H. Cooper
Mr. H. R. Peirson
Mr. W. H. Eaton
Mr. F. M. Miller
Mr. W. L. Adam
Mr. C. E. Gleason
Mr. W. F. Francis
Mr. A. M. Stronach
Mr. C. F. Coogan
Mr. W. J. Mercer
Mr. D. J. Gimlich
Dr. M. W. Flynn
Mr. Daniel England
Mr. A. J. Newman
Mr. S. Chester Lyon
Mr. P. H. O'Donnell
Mr. L. W. Harger
Mr. Sydney T. Braman
Mr. William Russell Allen
Mr. E. N. Huntress
Mr. Robert D. Bardwell
Mr. John White
The High Sheriff of Berkshire County Capt. John Nicholson Chairman of Executive Committee, 150th Anniversary Celebration
Chairmen of Committees
ECCLESIASTICAL SERVICES HON. KELTON B. MILLER HISTORICAL COMMITTEE MR. EDWARD BOLTWOOD
FINANCE COMMITTEE MR. GEORGE H. COOPER
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE MR. WILLIAM L. ADAM
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE MR. WILLIAM H. EATON
COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE MR. JOHN H. ENRIGHT SOCIETIES MR. EDWARD ROSENBAUM ORGANIZATIONS MR. DAVID J. GIMLICH RECEPTION COMMITTEE MR. HENRY TRAVER, JR. PUBLICITY MR. S. CHESTER LYON MR. LINUS W. HARGER
MUSIC COMMITTEE MR. HARRY B. SEES DECORATIONS MR. DANIEL ENGLAND
ENTERTAINMENT MR. CLEMENT F. COOGAN PARADE, FOURTH OF JULY MR. DAVID J. GIMLICH FIREWORKS MR. EDWARD J. SPALL ILLUMINATIONS MR. LUKE J. MINAHAN INVITATIONS MR. HENRY R. PEIRSON PRINTING MR. DANIEL ENGLAND AVIATION MR. FREEMAN M. MILLER
TRANSPORTATION AND EXCURSIONS MR. CHESTER E. GLEASON
COMMITTEES Ecclesiastical Services HON. K. B. MILLER, Chairman Rev. E. C. Davis
Rev. W. J. Dower
Rev. John A. Hamilton
Historical Committee and Sub-Committees Historical Committee EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Chairman Joseph E. Poirson Arthur N. Cooley J. M. Stevenson
IV. L. Adam
Sub-Committees On Loan Exhibition of Portraits and Historical Relics
ARTHUR N. COOLEY, Chairman
Miss Harriet Plunkett W. C. Moulton
Miss Caroline Tucker William Nugent Oliver Root
Miss Phila Whipple Frank E. Peirson Fred T. West
George C. Harding Robert A. Rice
On Dedication by the S. A. R. of the Easton Tavern Memorial JOSEPH E. PEIRSON, Chairman W. L. Root E. T. Slocum J. M. Stevenson
A. H. Bagg F. E. McSweeney
John Barker
On Anniversary Meeting, Monday Evening, July 3d WILLIAM L. ADAM, Chairman Walter C. Kellogg J. Ward Lewis
Robert F. Stanton
E. W. Backman
On Historical Pageant EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Chairman Jay P. Barnes Ambrose Clogher J. McA. Vance
F. H. Printiss
On Marking Historical Sites J. M. STEVENSON, Chairman Henry A. Brewster Edward T. Scully Edward B. Hull
Aviation Committee F. M. MILLER, Chairman John Nicholson Geo. H. Cooper L. J. Minahan
K. B. Miller
W. H. Eaton Alexander Shaw Harry A. Oltsch
Transportation Committee CHESTER E. GLEASON, Chairman C. Q. Richmond S. S. Van Etten Peter C. Dolan
Chas. H. Wilson Fred Light Henry R. Russell
W. E. Hoyt Sidney Morton Norman C. Hull
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Commercial Committee
JOHN H. ENRIGHT, Chairman
Frank D. Brockett
M. C. Pritchard
S. E. Robinson
E. G. Combes
H. A. Bartholomew
C. I. Bigley
Frank S. Clark
H. Blank
Charles R. Stevens
George F. Cullen
C. T. Brigham
Frank D. Taylor
C. N. Denault
Louis E. Durfee
R. F. Clary
L. G. Perry
P. J. Dillon
Benjamin England
W. L. Coleman
H. E. Amcs
F. I. Drake
P. F. Fallon
C. C. Cook
J. L. Bacon
E. O. Engstrom
Frcd W. Barris
W. L. Cummings
H. P. Ball
T. H. Farrell
Harry Holden
W. J. Devall
F. H. Beardsley
S. G. Barnes
C. D. Butler
A. S. Dorfman
O. T. Benedict
W. B. Foote
Geo. Blatchford
A. J. Peacock
Samuel Feldman
L. E. French
E. H. Wilson
C. C. Gamwell
C. W. Wright
John Granfield
S. D. Andrews
W. R. Gardener
L. W. Acheson
L. J. Macken
F. W. Henry
W. P. Griffen
D. H. Pike
Charles W. Noble
S. Bridges
O. M. Haley
E. T. Belden
William Nugent
J. J. Canning
Jas. Henchy
J. Addison
James J. Pender
H. A. Holmes
Jas. Hickey
E. L. Smith
Frank E. Peirson
W. F. Clark
A. M. Cone
Henry H. Rice
H. L. Dunham
Wm. J. Cullen
Joseph H. Dudley
Thos. Carder
A. E. Truesdale
Oscar Dodge
George W. Edwards
M. H. Condron
F. C. Backus
H. T. Root
Frank A. Farrell
F. W. Crosier
J. W. Balzer
Geo. Faulkner
G. A. Kenyon
P. H. Dineen
A. L. Boudreau
R. P. Mitchell
W. I. Mellen
H. L. Hoag
W. A. Fahey
F. J. Clarke
H. Cohen
M. Rosenthal
Commercial Committee -- Continued
H. A. Hovey John Kerins
Frank P. Wood
D. J. Walsh
A. Klein
M. Goldstein
C. S. Ferry
N. E. Church
L. L. Larouche
Wm. H. Newton
F. S. Folwell
D. S. Freedman
J. H. Leonard
T. H. Nolan
H. B. Jones
A. W. Plumb
G. E. Lester
J. H. Bigelow
Fred. Fredericks
C. Polly
J. E. Linnehan
Henry Sears
Jos. F. Gardner
M. H. Powell
P. A. Lowe
Wm. H. Shandoff
P. H. Garvey
E. D. Pritchard
Geo. T. Mandigo M. Mathews
J. E. Simmons
F. L. Dole
F. J. Quinn Wm. F. Rainey
W. S. Skeats
J. C. Hall
F. F. Read
- T. N. Enright Arthur Maloney R. Mathewson Jas. Mattoon
Chas. F. Smith
Thos. R. Burke
E. F. Rice
Elliot F. Smith
E. B. Jacobson
F. C. Rice
F. M. Smith
W. R. Tiffany
L. H. Rieser
J. F. Mawhinney
F. S. Smith
E. A. Larkin
Wm. P. Boden.
J. J. McCarthy M. McCormick
Frank Spaulding
D. J. Lyons
J. S. Robertson Edw. F. Roscoe
Clarence Stephens
John G. Orr
Thos. Kelly
W. C. Stevenson
E. S. Osteyee
H. A. Dunbar James O'Connor
C. R. St. James
Frank J. Owen
John C. Gerst
John Papas
J. W. Synan
D. Molner
Robert P. Easland
R. P. Parker
W. J. Hamilton
J. J. Mooney
J. A. Wade
Ralph Pezzini
G. Taubert
E. F. Flanagan
N. J. Lawton
Thos. P. Reilly
E. Stanley
L. P. Ogden
W. F. McEnany J. W. Meehan Wm. I. Meigs W. J. Milliken Jos. Betters
James Shipton
F. H. Goodrich
A. V. Phillips A. A. Mills
E. C. Boice Dr. J. A. Vreeland
Commercial Committee -- Continued
J. H. Tebbetts
J. H. Tetley Dr. J. B. Thomes
E. J. Thurston
Edw. Tolman
J. E. Torrey
E. A. Tompkins
M. B. Warner
J. J. Whittlesey
Jos. T. Yon
Finance Committee
GEO. H. COOPER, Chairman
Geo. H. Tueker
Geo. W. Gardner
C. C. Henry
Dr. Henry Colt
A. N. Cooley
S. T. Braman
A. J. Newman
D. J. Gimlich
John McQuaid
F. F. Fulcher
J. H. Enright
E. C. Bence
W. D. Wyman
C. H. Wilson
John McEnany
J. J. Pender
J. B. O'Hearn
Loring G. Robbins
Jos. Insull
W. H. Eaton
L. J. Hollingsworth
Frank Palmer
A. H. Bagg
Walter M. Annis
H. R. Russell
F. B. Tregaskis
A. C. Washburne
H. G. West
S. S. Van Etten
C. B. Wells
E. B. Wilson
C. L. Vaughn
Wm. B. West
S. C. Wood
Samuel Schwartz
· F. M. White
Joseph Wood
Dr. R. W. Volk
Andrew J. Barnfather
E. R. Whiting
Dr. R. A. Woodruff
C. H. Wright
C. G. Persons
John D. Woodburn
A. Cairns John S. Rice
A. M. Stronach
Frank Mackey Geo. Clark, Jr. Jos. Cummings L. W. Kittredge Henry A. Francis
W. O'Brien
John A. Chesney
C. E. Bennett T. J. Nelligan Lemuel G. Lloyd
J. Woodward
Leo Zander E. Williams
Educational Committee
W. L. ADAM, Chairman
William Nugent Henry A. Franeis C. G. Persons
Miss Cora E. Dorr
W. D. Goodwin C. E. Bennett Geo. W. Gardner
Miss Clara E. Rogers
Miss Agnes M. Reid
Miss Maria A. Denny .
Miss Helena J. Jordan
Miss Rose O. Kendall
Industrial Committee
W. H. EATON, Chairman
Hon. W. Murray Crane Winthrop M. Crane, Jr. Z. Marshall Crane William J. Foss Henry A. Francis
Edward A. Jones
Thomas F. Plunkett
Charles W. Seager
George W. Pease
Charles W. Power
David Campbell Thomas D. Peek
James R. Savery
Henry R. Russell
Clifford Franeis
Irving P. Thompson
Charles K. Crane
William A. Pike
Charles H. Wilson
W. W. Gamwell
Reception Committee HENRY TRAVER, JR., Chairman
H. S. Russell
W. F. Hawkins
Hon. K. B. Miller
H. J. Jones
E. H. Robbins
H. D. Sisson
C. W. Van DeMark
Allen H. Bagg
F. H. Printiss
W. H. MaeInnis
J. F. Van Deusen
T. L. Allen Edward B. Cain J. Ward Lewis Ernest Johnson John Barker
Daniel England John M. Taylor
C. E. Hibbard
Hon. J. C. Crosby
Miss Mary A. Brennan Miss Ellen Irons
Miss Rose Duffy
Reception Committee -- Continued
M. G. Rosenthal
A. J. White C. I. Lincoln
J. S. Mattoon
S. D. Carpenter
John Churchill
A. K. Sloper
S. B. Rothkopf
John Feely
James Kittle
J. J. Bastion
C. I. Meyer
H. B. Wellington
Dr. S. C. Burton
D. C. MacInnis
F. M. Landis
Gilbert West
Dr. J. A. Langlois
George T. Denny
Dr. J. F. A. Adams Robert W. Adam
George W. Foote
W. M. Clark
A. M. Chapman
Hon. F. W. Rockwell
T. E. Hall
John R. Feeley
Arthur H. Rice
IV. G. Backus
J. N. Shepardson
E. B. Wilson
John R. Feeley
James Wilson
C. E. Merrill
E. T. Lawrence
M. Fitzgerald
T. H. Day
M. J. Powers
E. C. Carpenter
John J. Powers
P. J. McMahon
J. H. Wood
C. H. Miller
Dr. E. S. Robison
Philip W. Goewey John M. Burke William E. Wilcox
R. B. Bardwell
A. W. Stewart
Frank D. Burke
William Turtle
W. H. Swift
W. C. Kellogg
Thomas A. Macken
W. G. Morton
Morris Schaff
H. C. Thomas
George W. Pease
G. W. Branch
James McKenna
P. A. Jacobs
William J. Baughman
J. M. Stevenson
I. D. Ferry
J. H. Newberger
W. H. Phillips
W. B. Rice
C. A. Finke
Jay P. Barnes James R. Savery James Fallon
W. H. Sloan
W. H. Newton
W. H. Young
Oren Benedict
I. F. Chesley
A. F. Dodge
Henry Traver, Jr. Wm. W. Linnehan
George H. Cary
P. P. Curtin
J. H. Langley
H. H. Ballard
Martin Deihl
J. H. Noble
Roland E. Burbank
Hon. Zenas Crane Alfred C. Daniels E. H. Kennedy F. M. Platt
J. H. Howieson
James Eagan
D. Rosenhein
W. C. Moulton
Emory H. Nash John McQuaid
Reception Committee -- Continued
Jacob Gimlich Charles M. Wilcox Peter J. McDonald William Tolman George W. Bailey Charles R. Foote John J. Bastion Michael Hennessey Daniel F. Farrell Thomas J. Kernan
W. G. White S. S. Levy
Edward T. Slocum
John N. Root
. William P. Griffen Harvey W. Partridge Levi A. Stevens
Joseph J. St. James
Frank Howard
John L. Russell
James P. Fryer John Fitzgerald Chester E. Gleason
John Corkhill
Arthur H. Wood
Burdick A. Stewart
Edward Rosenbaum
William Turtle
Frank Bartlett L. D. Hazard
William A. Burns William A. Fahey Michael Eisner . James T. Goggins Herbert P. Sanders Clifford H. Dickson Michael F. Quinn C. E. Burke James W. Synan Raymond L. Castello
John C. Kelly
Publicity Committee
S. Chester Lyon
Linus W. Harger
Music Committee H. B. SEES, Chairman D. Edward Burns
Fred T. Francis
Decoration Committee DANIEL ENGLAND, Chairman
Frank Walker Fred Kahl
R. W. Harrington Edward F. Fahey
H. E. Hughes W. K. Henry
W. J. Tonkin S. G. Barnes
G. E. Haynes John J. Scully
Fireworks Committee
E. J. SPALL, Chairman
Dr. M. W. Flynn George A. Grounds
Frank Hempstead Frank Howard
E. F. Riee S. T. Braman
F. M. Miller
C. H. Brown
Illumination Committee LUKE J. MINAHAN, Chairman Thomas Cullen H. C. Crafts Harry W. Tobey W. J. Baughman
William A. Whittlesey Fred Retalliek
H. S. Blake W. T. K. Brown Jos. Insull
Invitation Committee HENRY R. PEIRSON, Chairman
Gilbert West
W. W. Gamwell
Michael Cain Joseph E. Purehes
Thos. H. Villeneuve
Robert C. Roekwell William Meyer
Printing Committee DANIEL ENGLAND, Chairman
Harry Holmes C. L. Aely
John B. Stone H. L. King
James W. Synan Frank Howard
Charles J. Dale T. Cooney, Jr.
Entertainment Committee
C. F. COOGAN, Chairman
Walter L. Mercer A. J. Feil John H. Eels Edgar P. Wood F. F. Rcad
Cecil C. Gamwell
Henry Hay
Henry J. Ryan
Arthur W. Plumb
David L. Evans
Dr. F. S. Coolidge
Howard P. Brown
H. Neill Wilson
Cyrus C. Henry
Francis J. McMahon
George E. Haynes
Terrence Cooney, Jr.
Thomas P. Riley
John Corkhill William D. MacInnes
John H. Starbuck
De Witt Bruce
Geo. H. Clark
Charles B. Dunham
Fred C. Rice
Jacob Gimlich Joseph H. Wood
John Stapleton Charles A. Potter
Daniel F. Farrell
Richard Stapleton
William A. Burns
James McSweeney
Louis A. Merchant
L. H. Gamwell
Dr. George N. Kinnell
Frank H. Cande
George W. Merriam
Walter B. Smith H. M. Pitt
Michael L. Eisner John B. Cummings
E. S. Davenport James Denny Isaac Witten
Peter W. Burns James L. Bacon
M. E. Stockbridge
Thomas F. Demont
Milton Newman
S. W. Shepardson
Franklin A. Smith
John E. Perkins
Charles W. Seager
Carey R. Kinney
George W. Bailey
W. F. Hunt
Lomer G. Goodrich
Charles T. Barker
George W. Clark
Patrick Condron
Charles W. Sloper
J. C. Cullen W. H. Marra
Arthur B. Farnham
Redmond Walsh
William P. Wood
James P. Sullivan
William A. Fahey
4th of July Parade Committee
DAVID J. GIMLICH, Chairman
John F. Colbert
W. J. Mereer
Horaee D. Eddy
Wm. Ferry
Thos. Cunningham
W. F. MaeKenzie
John J. Ford
Jas. Keenan
James Dyer W. S. De Voe
Chas. E. Wright
Alphonse Kosher
Miles Stanton
Edward M. Hall
Louis E. Freneh
E. F. Stanton
C. J. Blaza
William C. Stevenson
Frank E. Russell
John Skinkel
Chas. Rote
W. H. Fallon
Frank Daly
John White
Henry Barber
Dr. L. H. Hendee
E. T. Granger
B. A. Stewart
C. H. Rice Wm. Read
Emil Dorgerloh
John Corkhill, Jr.
Frank J. Kie
John H. MeEnany
E. R. Burdick
R. F. Stanton
Geo. S. Harris
Ambrose Stewart
Alexander G. Anderson
Chas. MeNeil
E. E. Mereure
Arthur Pratt
Jos. Helfer
J. J. Woodrow John R. Feeley Lemuel G. Lloyd
C. W. Noble
J. J. Nolan
Geo. Sehmidt
L. C. Talbot
P. Sullivan
A. E. Holmes
Antonio Chiodo, Jr.
John Nolan
M. J. Keliher
Walter E. Bennett
Frank O'Brien
S. C. Wood Frank Ernst
George F. Henderson
Geo. S. Holderness
Jas. F. Dean
William H. Marshall
W. I. Rodder Ernest Carlson Gustave Anderson Augustus Peterson H. F. Sears John Sutty Walter E. Warren
Ambrose Clogher
Wm. Hurst
L. L. Mullett
E. T. Smith
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The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 1911 M. J. Powers, Ward 1; Patrick J. McMahon, Ward 2; Dr. Elmer S. Robison, Ward 3; Walter C. Kellogg, Ward 4; Henry Traver, Jr., Ward 5 Frank D. Burke, Ward 6. Hon. Kelton B. Miller. Henry Thomas, Ward Z
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The Common Council, 1911
Ward One
Ward Two
Ward Three
Ward Six
Ward Four
Ward Five
Ward Seven
Christian H. Finke John H. Langley
Paul A. Jacobs John N. Newberger Wm. H. Young
Arthur F. Dodge
Pres. Edward Rosenbaum Wm. C. Moulton Archibald K. Sloper Frank M. Landis James S. Mattoon Samuel B. Rothkopf John H. Noble
Clarence I. Meyer
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The Mayors of Pittsfield
Upper row :- Charles E. Hibbard, 1891; Jabez L. Peck, 1892-3; John C. Crosby, 1894-5; Walter F. Hawkins, 1896-7: William W. Whiting, 1898-9; Hezekiah S. Russell, 1900-1.
Lower row :- Daniel England, 1902; Harry D. Sisson, 1903-4; Allen H. Bagg, 1905-6-7; William H. MacInnis, 1908-9-10: Kelton B. Miller, 1911.
THE 150th ANNIVERSARY ODE By HARLAN H. BALLARD
Our dear loved home, we raise To thee a song of praise On this glad day : We love thy pleasant land, We love thy mountains grand, To thee both heart and hand We pledge for aye.
Here in their light canoe O'er lake Onota flew Dark Indian braves; Here hunter's toils were set, Here chiefs in council met, Here sleep red warriors yet In unmarked graves.
Where Housatonic flows Our fathers' homes arose Mid forests drear : Here all they hoped they sought, Here all they loved they brought, Here all their lives they wrought; They slumber here.
Here Williams' footsteps strayed, Here Parson Allen prayed, Here Easton sleeps ; Here Watson, Briggs and Brown And Tucker won renown, And here the sorrowing town O'er Bartlett weeps.
Now every flag unfurl For England's noble earl And shout his fame : Thrice fifty years are flown Since Chatham dared the throne, And made our cause his own And ours his name.
O'er Pittsfield's glorious past No record e'er can cast A cloud of shame ; She stands as fair today ; And O, dear God, we pray That all the future may Guard her good name.
July 1, 1911
Natives of Pittsfield They were here when the Indians came
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William Pitt 1708-1778 Earl of Chatham, known as "The Great Commoner", for whom Pittsfield was named
Early Pontoosuck Landholders
Left to Right :- Col. Elisha Jones, who bought the present Country Club property of Wendell-Stoddard-Livingston, grantees. Col. Jacob Wendell, grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who in 1735 bought at auction the inchoate rights of Pontoosuck. 24,040 acres, for 1,320 pounds sterling.
Philip Livingston of Albany, kinsman of Col. Wendell, who claimed Pontoosuck as part of Livingston Manor, and became a joint owner with Col. Wendell and John Stoddard.
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Sites of Early Pontoosuck Forts
Upper left hand picture :- Site of Fort Goodrich, built by Capt. Charles Goodrich, 1756. Upper right hand picture :- Site of Fort Fairfield, built by Stephen Crofoot, Nathaniel Fairfield and others, 1758. Lower left hand picture :- Site of Fort Anson, built by Col. William Williams, 1754. Lower right hand picture :- Site of Fort Ashley, near Onota Lake, built in 1757.
Historical River and Lake Views
Upper :- Where Deacon Stephen Crofoot built a dam on Housatonic River in 1758.
Middle :- Melville Lake, where Longfellow risked his life to pick pond lilies in 1848.
Lower :- Here Deacon Crofoot built a bridge across the Housatonic in 1754. First public work in the settlement.
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Pittsfield's Tribute over the Grave of Sarah Deming The first white woman settler and the first white mother in the plantation of Pontoosuck.
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Solomon Deming's House on Elm Street, built 1752, razed May, 1911 Home of Sarah Deming, first white woman in Pittsfield, and her daughter Dorothy, first white child, Dorothy's chair in small picture,
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Parson Thomas Allen
First pastor of The First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, to which he was called in 1764. He led the first detachment of Berkshire Minute Men, 22 in number, that responded to the call for aid sent from Bennington. Parson Allen and his comrades fought under the personal com- mand of Gen. Stark in the memorable conflict of August 16, 1777.
The Three Allen Houses
Small circular picture :- The home of Parson Thomas Allen.
Lower picture :- The second Thomas Allen home on the same site. Large upper picture :- "Eagle's Nest", the third Thomas Allen home, now standing. Small upper picture :- The twin elms planted by Parson Allen at the birth of his twin babies.
Cut down in 1910.
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Famous Old Pittsfield Homes
Upper left picture is the William Brattle house built on Williams Street in 1762. Mr. Brattle kept a malt house near his residence as early as 1763.
Upper right hand picture is of the John Chandler Williams house, built about 1780 by Col. James Easton. In it was celebrated the Peace Party at the close of the Revolution. Now the St. Stephen's rectory.
Lower picture shows the Harding house on East Street. Erected 1793 for a town hall, stood on the site of St. Stephen's Church until 1832. Cost about 250 pounds sterling, Lafayette in 1825 was received in it. and addressed the people from the upper right hand window.
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Sturdy Men of Old Pittsfield
Calvin Martin, for 53 years member of the Berkshire bar.
Jason Clapp, who built carriages for Presidents and royalty.
Martin Bagg, a Continental soldier of prominence.
Old Views of Park Square
Park Square in 1807, 1810 and 1855, and in small picture, the sundial marking the spot where stood the Old Elm. "From Greylock to Monument Mountain there was no inanimate thing so revered and venerable." Three views show the famous tree.
The Park in the Olden Days
The lower view of Park Square was taken about 1810. It shows the Old Elm, Parson Allen's house and Griswold's Inn. In the upper view is Capt. Merrick's tavern, on the site of the Berkshire Life Building, and the Bulfinch Church about 1822.
The Revered and Venerable Old Elm In its prime this tree, one of the most historical in America, was 126 feet high. Picture shows the elm in 1850.
The Three Edifices of the First Church
Lower picture :- Church designed by Bulfinch in 1794, removed to Maplewood 1855, now an assembly hall. Upper picture :- First Church of Christ, dedicated July 6, 1853. Cost $29,600. Capacity, 1,100. Small view is of the First Church, in which "Parson" Allen preached in 1764.
As Pittsfield Appeared 55 Years Ago This view of Pittsfield, from one of the Maplewood buildings, is reproduced from a lithograph printed in Paris after a drawing made by Mr. James C. Clapp in 1856.
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Early Pittsfield Men and Visitors
Upper left to right :- Henry Van Schaack, builder of Country Club house; Elkanah Watson, founder of agricultural societies; Allan Melville, an early resident,
Lower: -. Herman Melville, the famous writer, who bought Arrowhead in 1852: Marquis de LaFayette, who visited Pittsfield in 1825.
Country Club of Pittsfield. Built by Henry Van Schaack, 1785
Onee "Broad Hall", a famous boarding house. Longfellow, Hawthorne, Holmes and other famous men lived here.
First view, 22 foot hallway: Second view, west front in 1909: Third view, east front in 1911.
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The Berkshire Life Corner
Upper picture :- Berkshire House, erected in 1827. Pittsfield men contributed $650 towards its construction. Lower picture :- Berkshire Life Insurance Company's building, erected in 1868, now under reconstruction. Home of Pittsfield's Post Office from 1868 to 1911.
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Street Corner Changes of Forty Years
Upper picture :- Old United States Hotel building, corner South and West Streets, about 1870. Lower right hand picture :- Same corner twenty years later. Left hand picture :- Hotel Wendell, built by Mr. Samuel Bowerman in 1898, at a cost of about $250,000.
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