History of North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

• 1737 - North Adams is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
•  1846 - Fifty factory girls recently went sleighing in North Adams, Massachusetts. Only think of FIFTY emancipated working girls on a spree!
  
  The Sun
  Baltimore, Maryland
  January 23, 1846
  
  
• 1854 - North Adams
  North Adams, a post-village of Adams township, Berkshire co., Massachusetts, on the Hoosick river, at the northern terminus of the Pitsfield and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1868 - The operatives in the cotton and woolen mills in North Adams, Massachusetts, work eleven hours per day, and the average wages is six dollars per week.
  
  The New Orleans Crescent
  New Orleans, Louisiana
  November 20, 1868
  
  
•  1870 - 75 Chinamen
  CHICAGO, June 12. - A gang of seventy-five Chinamen arrived here from San Francisco, en route to North Adams, Massachusetts, to be employed in a boot ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1871 - Should have said Yes?
  An aged woman in North Adams, Massachusetts, relates that many years ago, while attending a social dance, a young mechanic asked for her hand for one ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1875 - Fatal Accident.
  EDWARD McCRAW, foreman of a gang in the Little Tunnel at North Adams, Mass., was crushed to death on Thursday night while shackling corn.
  
  The New Hampshire Patriot
  Concord, New Hampshire
  November 24, 1875
  
  
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  Natural Bridge, North Adams
  Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
  
•  1877 - Only 68 Chinese shoemakers remain at North Adams, Massachusetts.
  
  The Indianapolis News
  Indianapolis, Indiana
  May 5, 1877
  
  
• 1878 - North Adams is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1878 - North Adams, founded in 1878, its parent town was Adams
  
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•  1879 - Chinamen in a Riot - Scene in a North Adams Shoe Shop - Fighting with American Workmen.
  NORTH ADAMS, Mass., July 3. - About 10 o'clock this morning, Elmer Hewett, a pegger in the Chinese work-room, at Sampson's shoe shop, was struck on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1880 - Nitro-Glycerine Works Explodes
  The Mosbray nitro-glycerine works at North Adams, Massachusetts, have been blown up three times. They have had ten superintendents, eight of whom...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1880 - The Water Responsible
  Some time ago a mysterious epidemic broke out at North Adams, Massachusetts, and for several weeks everybody was wondering what it could be caused...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1882 - DEATH ON THE RAIL. RAILROAD WORKMEN KILLED AND INJURED IN MASSACHUSETTS.
  North Adams, Mass., Oct. 21. - A terrible accident to a caboose containing working men belonging to the North Adams freight yard occurred this...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• North Adams Massachusetts, 1890
  North Adams is a flourishing manufacturing town on the Hoosac River, in the northern part of Berkshire County. The junction of the Housatonic...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  B. & M. Station
  
• 1895 - North Adams is incorporated as a city
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1895 - North Adams
  North Ad'ams, a post-village in North Adams town ship, Berkshire co., Mass., on the Hoosac River, near the W. end of the great Hoosac Tunnel, 20...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1898 - MILK DEALER KILLED. Charles Davis Thrown From His Wagon and His Skull Fractured.
  North Adams, Mass., Aug. 30 - Charles Davis, aged 41, a milk dealer, was thrown from his wagon, when his horse ran away today, and died three hours...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1899 - VACATION AT AN END. The President and Party Leave Adams, Mass., for the Nation's Capitol.
  NORTH ADAMS, Mass., June 26. - The President [McKinley] was met at 2:30 o'clock on Church street, by Sanford Post G. A. R. and a band, and was taken...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Hoosac Range and Bird's Eye View, North Adams, Mass.
  
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  Berkshire Hotel
  
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  G.A.R. Hall
  
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  Main Street, Looking North. North Adams, Mass.
  
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  Post Office, North Adams, Mass.
  
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  West Portal, Hoosac Tunnel, North Adams, Mass.
  
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  Hospital. No. Adams, Mass.
  
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  Public Library, North Adams, Mass.
  
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  Monument Square. North Adams, Mass.
  
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  Elks Home
  
• 1906
  North Adams, a city of Berkshire co., Mass., on the Hoosac River, near the W. end of the Hoosac Tunnel, 36 miles E. of Albany, N.Y., on the Boston...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1907 - PANIC IN THEATER AUDIENCE - EXPLOSION AT NORTH ADAMS.
  Many Rush for the Doors at Empire Theater When Picture Machine Takes Fire - One Woman Trampled on and Others Hysterical - Fire Quickly Put...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Notre Dame Church, 1907
  
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  Y.M.C.A. Building, 1907
  
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  Church Street looking East, 1908
  
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  City Hall, 1908
  
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  Old Home Week, 1909
  
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  State Street from Summer Street, 1909
  
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  Bird's Eye View
  
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  Drury High School
  
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  Warehouse & Howard Mill, 1910
  
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  State Normal School Dormitory & President's Residence, 1910
  
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  Dr. Brown Sanatorium, 1910
  
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  The Eclipse Mills
  
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  Bank Street, 1913
  
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  M.E. Church and Soldiers' Monument
  
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  Richmond Hotel
  
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  Windsor Lake
  
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  Baptist Church and Soldiers' Monument
  
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  New Drury High School, 1924
  
•  1927 - Flood
  ...Northwestern Massachusetts also felt the flood. Property loss was estimated at more than $1,000,000 in North Adams alone. The national guard was...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  E. Trudeau's Dairy bottle