Inland Massachusetts illustrated A concise résumé of the natural features and past history of the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, their towns, villages, and cities, together with a condensed summary of their industrial advantages and development, and a comprehensive series of sketches descriptive of representative business houses To which is prefixed a short chapter on the Commonwealth at large . rgely in pianos, and with an eye to extending this branch of his business Mr. Stonehas effected arrangements with leading New York manufacturers by whicli he controls the sale
Inland Massachusetts illustrated A concise résumé of the natural features and past history of the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, their towns, villages, and cities, together with a condensed summary of their industrial advantages and development, and a comprehensive series of sketches descriptive of representative business houses To which is prefixed a short chapter on the Commonwealth at large . rgely in pianos, and with an eye to extending this branch of his business Mr. Stonehas effected arrangements with leading New York manufacturers by whicli he controls the saleof their instruments in Northern New England. His handsome and commodious salesroomsat the village of Orange are stocked with a line of very choice instruments, among which maybe seen su])erb samples of pianos from such celebrated makers as Conover, Horace Waters,and others, and the famous Chicago Cottage organ, all in the latest improved styles. BERKSHIRE COUNTY. A CONDENSED SUMMARY OF HER PAST ANNALS AND PRESENT STATUS— THE TYROL OK MASSACHUSETTS—INDUSTRIES, POPULAJION, RESOURCES, ETC. BERKSHIRE, named after the famous English couilty of Berks, andoriginally a part of Hampshire county, was erected by act of theLegislature in 1811. It forms tlie extreme western county of the State,is bounded by Vermont on the north, Connecticut on the south. NewYork on the west, and Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties,. BERKSHIRK COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HERKSHIRE COUNIN Alii INK Mass., on the east. The territory embraced averages 28 miles in width by50 miles in length and aggregates an area of 950 square miles of mount-ain and valley, a chain of the latter extending from Connecticut toVermont and embracing the celebrated Berkshire valley. 14 miles wideand 46 miles long. The scenery generally is of the wildest and mostromantic character—a succession of lofty hills and mountains—theBerkshire hills and Taconic mouiilains—interspersed with quiet andfertile vales and streams and full o
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