What to see in America . Civil , in pioneer days, came two fugitive regicides. and Gen. Whalley, who were hidden for years in thehome of the Hadley minister. Once, when the town wasattacked by Indians while the people were at church, hurried to the meeting-house, gave the alarm, anddirected the people until the invaders had been he vanished, and for a long time afterward the peoplebelieved that he was an angel sent by God for their deliver-ance. Massachusetts 47 Another valley town which commonly has Old beforeits name is Deerficld. Twice it was practica
What to see in America . Civil , in pioneer days, came two fugitive regicides. and Gen. Whalley, who were hidden for years in thehome of the Hadley minister. Once, when the town wasattacked by Indians while the people were at church, hurried to the meeting-house, gave the alarm, anddirected the people until the invaders had been he vanished, and for a long time afterward the peoplebelieved that he was an angel sent by God for their deliver-ance. Massachusetts 47 Another valley town which commonly has Old beforeits name is Deerficld. Twice it was practically wiped outby Indians, and the second time many of the inhabitants werecarried away captive to Canada in midwinter. In thesouthern part of the town is a sluggish rivulet known asBloody Brook ever since several scores of pioneers wereslaughtered there by an ambuscade of savages. At TurnersFalls occurred another desperate battle with the up the river is Xorthfield, which was twice wipedout by the red \ HK BiLKKSHlKES The most beautiful of all the counties in the state is Berk-shire, on its western border, where mountains and tumbledlesser heights are omnipresent. Portions of the county arethe summer playground of millionaires. Farms predominatein other parts, some of them thrifty, and some of them quiteotherwise. One of its mountains is Grevlock, the loftiest 48 What to See in America height in the state, with an ahitude of 3505 feet. Some-what to the east of Greylock is the Hoosac Mountain range,which is pierced by the Hoosac Tunnel, 4f miles first train passed through the tunnel in 1875. About10 miles west of the tunnel is Williamstown and its famouscollege. The chief street of the place is probably unexcelledin America for its rural beauty. A more southerly town isLanesboro, the birthplace of one of the best known of ourhumorists, Josh Billings. At Stockbridge the famouscolonial theologian, Jonathan Edwards, settled in 1751 toassis
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