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Fun fact: The first woman to vote for president after passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 was Phoebe Jordan. She cast her ballot in the one-room schoolhouse in New Ashford.
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- 1762 - New Ashford is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
Site of Ash Fort
"...(1765), said to have been built of ash logs as the original block-house, center of the first settlement of the town of New Ashford."
Massachusetts; a Guide to Its Places and People,
Best Books on, 1941
Postcard- 1845 - NEW ASHFORD. [Pop. 227. Inc. 1801.]
New Ashford, the smallest town in the State, lies between Saddle Mountain and the Taconic range. Branches of the Housatonic and Hoosick issue in o...Read MORE... - 1854 - New Ashford
New Ashford, a post-township in Berkshire co., Massachusetts, 125 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 186.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1872 - Boston pays its female teachers an average of $67.92 per month, and Newton $65.54.
These are the highest in the State. The lowest is the town of New Ashford, which pays only $16.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 16, 1872 - New Ashford Massachusetts, 1890
New Ashford is a small farming town of mountainous, wild and broken land, presenting much beautiful scenery, situated in the northwestern part of Berk...Read MORE... - 1895 - New Ashford
New Ash'ford, a post-township of Berkshire co., Mass., 12 miles N. of Pittsfield. It has a church. Mount Greylock is on its N.E. border. Pop. 125.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott - 1906
New Ashford, a post-township (town) of Berkshire co., Mass., 12 miles N. of Pittsfield. Mount Greaylock (Saddle Mountain) is on its NE. border. Pop. i...Read MORE... - 1916 - New Ashford had the distinction of casting the first vote in United States Presidential Elections, as Dixville Notch, New Hampshire does today.
www.wikipedia.org - 1920 - Following the ratifcation of the Nineteenth Amendment the New Ashford poll was where Ms. Phoebe Jordan became the first woman to vote in a national election on November 2, 1920.
www.wikipedia.org 
Brodie Mountain Ski Area
"Brodie was a ski resort in New Ashford, Massachusetts, in the Taconic Mountains in the far northwestern part of the state. It opened in 1964 and thrived for a time by using then-cutting-edge innovations like... Read MORE...
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Springs Restaurant, New Ashford, Mass.
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"...(1765), said to have been built of ash logs as the original block-house, center of the first settlement of the town of New Ashford."
Massachusetts; a Guide to Its Places and People,
Best Books on, 1941)
Site of Ash Fort
"...(1765), said to have been built of ash logs as the original block-house, center of the first settlement of the town of New Ashford."
Massachusetts; a Guide to Its Places and People,
Best Books on, 1941
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New Ashford, Massachusetts, USA
Springs Restaurant, New Ashford, Mass.
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"Brodie was a ski resort in New Ashford, Massachusetts, in the Taconic Mountains in the far northwestern part of the state. It opened in 1964 and thrived for a time by using then-cutting-edge innovations like top-to-bottom snowmaking and lighted night skiing... But like many small independent ski areas, Brodie lost business over time to larger, higher-capitalized, corporate-owned resorts...
In 1999 the Kellys sold it to the owners of nearby Jiminy Peak, who closed Brodie in 2002 and sold it to a Texas-based condominium developer. The area continued to operate snow tubing, in conjunction with Jiminy Peak, through the 2006-2007 season." wikipedia)
Brodie Mountain Ski Area
"Brodie was a ski resort in New Ashford, Massachusetts, in the Taconic Mountains in the far northwestern part of the state. It opened in 1964 and thrived for a time by using then-cutting-edge innovations like... Read MORE...
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1762 - New Ashford is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - NEW ASHFORD. [Pop. 227. Inc. 1801.]
New Ashford, the smallest town in the State, lies between Saddle Mountain and the Taconic range. Branches of the Housatonic and Hoosick issue in... Read MORE...
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1854 - New Ashford
New Ashford, a post-township in Berkshire co., Massachusetts, 125 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 186.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1872 - Boston pays its female teachers an average of $67.92 per month, and Newton $65.54.
These are the highest in the State. The lowest is the town of New Ashford, which pays only $16. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 16, 1872
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New Ashford Massachusetts, 1890
New Ashford is a small farming town of mountainous, wild and broken land, presenting much beautiful scenery, situated in the northwestern part of... Read MORE...
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1895 - New Ashford
New Ash'ford, a post-township of Berkshire co., Mass., 12 miles N. of Pittsfield. It has a church. Mount Greylock is on its N.E. border. Pop. 125.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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New Ashford, a post-township (town) of Berkshire co., Mass., 12 miles N. of Pittsfield. Mount Greaylock (Saddle Mountain) is on its NE. border. Pop.... Read MORE...
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1916 - New Ashford had the distinction of casting the first vote in United States Presidential Elections, as Dixville Notch, New Hampshire does today.
www.wikipedia.org
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1920 - Following the ratifcation of the Nineteenth Amendment the New Ashford poll was where Ms. Phoebe Jordan became the first woman to vote in a national election on November 2, 1920.
www.wikipedia.org
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