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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 3 : Berkshire County . (search)
Chapter 3: Berkshire County.
Berkshire is the most westerly county in the Commonwealth.
It is bounded north by Bennington County, Vermont; west by Rensselaer and Columbia Counties, New York; south by Litchfield County, Connecticut; and east by Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts.
In parts it is rough and hilly, but has many beautiful and picturesque streams and valleys.
The Housatonic and Hoosick are its chief rivers; the former empties into Long Island Sound, and the latter into the Hudson River.
The Hoosack and Greylock, which are partly in the town of Adams, are its chief mountains.
Under the former, a tunnel for a railroad, four miles in length, is being made; and the latter is the highest land in Massachusetts.
Its largest towns are Pittsfield, the county-seat; and Adams, in which there are many large and flourishing manufactories.
The largest portion of the people, however, are agriculturists.
The Boston and Albany Railroad passes through the c