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Great Barrington, Berkshire, MA
Great Barrington, town (township), Berkshire county, southwestern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Housatonic River, in the Berkshire Hills, 19 miles (31 km) south of Pittsfield, and includes the communities of Great Barrington and Housatonic. Settled in 1726, the site was set off from Sheffield and incorporated in 1761. It was probably named for the 2nd Viscount Barrington, a nephew of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s governor, Samuel Shute.
Great Barrington includes: Berkshire Heights, Brookside, Housatonic, Risingdale, Seekonk, and Van Deusenville.
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- 1726 - Great Barrington is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1761 - Great Barrington is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,...Read MORE... - 1845 - GREAT BARRINGTON. [Pop. 2,704 Inc. 1761.]
Great Barrington was once a parish of Sheffield, and was the shire or county town from 1761 to 1787, when the courts were removed to Lenox.
The...Read MORE... - 1854 - Great Barrington
Great Barrington, a post-village of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, on the E. bank of the Housatonic river and railroad, 85 miles N. from Bridgeport ...Read MORE... 
1863 - Drowning
DROWNED.
A son of Mr. George Pinnco, a soldier in the 37th regiment, whose family live in the cottage on the grounds of David Leavitt, Esq., of Gt....Read MORE...- 1870 - Mr. David S. Draper, of Great Barrington, Mass., refuses to be qualified as Representative elect, on the ground that he was elected without his consent.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 29, 1870 - 1886 - First Transformer
The first transformer demonstrated by William Stanley in Great Barrington.
www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ...Read MORE... - 1888 - The failure of the Berkshire Woolen Company of Great Barrington, Mass., occurred on the 27th. The mill employed three hundred hands.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 3, 1888 - Great Barrington Massachusetts, 1890
Great Barrington is an ancient and beautiful town lying in the southwesterly part of Berkshire County, 174 miles west of Boston. It is bounded on the ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Great Barrington
Great Barrington, bear'ing-ton, a post-village of Berkshire co, Mass., in Great Barrington township, on the Housatonic River, and on the Housatonic...Read MORE... - 1900 - GREAT BARRINGTON. A SERIOUS RUNAWAY.
A runaway occurred yesterday morning which would have resulted seriously if it had not been for the bravery of the driver, Frank McGraw, who clung to ...Read MORE... 
Three Mile Hill
Postcard- 1903 - FATAL TROLLEY ACCIDENT
A Motorman Killed, and His Wife and Child and Several Passengers Injured in Vermont.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., May 20. - By the derailing of a...Read MORE... 
"Brookside" Residence of Mr. W. H. Walker
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The Berkshire Inn
Postcard- 1916
Great Barrington, a banking post-village of Berk shire co., Mass., in Great Barrington township (town), on the Housatonic River and on the New York,...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
 - Three Mile Hill)
Three Mile Hill
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
 - "Brookside" Residence of Mr. W. H. Walker)
"Brookside" Residence of Mr. W. H. Walker
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
 - The Berkshire Inn)
The Berkshire Inn
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1726 - Great Barrington is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1761 - Great Barrington is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,... Read MORE...
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1845 - GREAT BARRINGTON. [Pop. 2,704 Inc. 1761.]
Great Barrington was once a parish of Sheffield, and was the shire or county town from 1761 to 1787, when the courts were removed to Lenox.
The... Read MORE...
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1854 - Great Barrington
Great Barrington, a post-village of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, on the E. bank of the Housatonic river and railroad, 85 miles N. from Bridgeport ... Read MORE...
1863 - Drowning
DROWNED.
A son of Mr. George Pinnco, a soldier in the 37th regiment, whose family live in the cottage on the grounds of David Leavitt, Esq., of Gt.... Read MORE...
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1870 - Mr. David S. Draper, of Great Barrington, Mass., refuses to be qualified as Representative elect, on the ground that he was elected without his consent.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 29, 1870
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1886 - First Transformer
The first transformer demonstrated by William Stanley in Great Barrington.
www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ... Read MORE...
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1888 - The failure of the Berkshire Woolen Company of Great Barrington, Mass., occurred on the 27th. The mill employed three hundred hands.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 3, 1888 -
Great Barrington Massachusetts, 1890
Great Barrington is an ancient and beautiful town lying in the southwesterly part of Berkshire County, 174 miles west of Boston. It is bounded on the ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Great Barrington
Great Barrington, bear'ing-ton, a post-village of Berkshire co, Mass., in Great Barrington township, on the Housatonic River, and on the Housatonic... Read MORE...
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1900 - GREAT BARRINGTON. A SERIOUS RUNAWAY.
A runaway occurred yesterday morning which would have resulted seriously if it had not been for the bravery of the driver, Frank McGraw, who clung to ... Read MORE...
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1903 - FATAL TROLLEY ACCIDENT
A Motorman Killed, and His Wife and Child and Several Passengers Injured in Vermont.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., May 20. - By the derailing of a... Read MORE...
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1916
Great Barrington, a banking post-village of Berk shire co., Mass., in Great Barrington township (town), on the Housatonic River and on the New York,... Read MORE...
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