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Rl FFLING at random through the pajxn \ morgue can be mstni* tive Who would dream, for o\-ample, that old Monument Mountain Road had nothing at all to do with the noted Monument Mountain in South Berkshire'’For one thing, it is in the Washington Mountain region and earned its name from a not uncommon accident of long ago It seems, a farmer was breaking a colt to harness. The animal ran away and the farmer was thrown out of the buggv and killed Curiously, he was buried on the spot and a stone or monument erected over the grave. K\er after, the road was known as Monument Mountain Hoad \ t/cording to the clipping,‘ tile route of the road la from Main Street Washington, along the shore of what is now \hilt; Lake below the dam m a southerly direction for about two miles There it forked, hue mute went southeast, the other southwest. Part of this road was used to transpoil sand from natural d.-posits on the mountain to the old Lenox Glass Works ”Mans of these old roads are all but forgotten since thes lav in what is now the Pittsfield watersheds for Ashley and Fain* ham reservoirs As recently as 1929 a crossing by car was made between \ shies Kesei voir and the former Whitney Preserve, over the mountain Hoad and Sand Wash Hoad The account says, “The journes was almost impossible, for part of tiie way the trail led up dry brook beds, through nearls impassable swamps, and was blocked by many fallen tiee-Along the way could be seen traces of farms and grass-grown meadows, and apple trees run rung wrtd ’Clippings from the same source shows that a watei shortage isn’t unique for Pittsfield Farnhain Reservon was pu tured in October 1929 as far below half-capacity, and was expected to last barely through the winter In 1947, an aerial view of Farnham shows a depleted reservoir, and a warning from Public Works Commissioner ( anfield S. Dickie to citizens to cut down on use of water Sounds too familiar. Some thing should be done.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Jan 26, 1965
Page 14
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Lenox L.
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