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It was an exciting half-century in Berkshire County. There were great
strides in medicine, women’s rights, arts and education. In the run up to the
Civil War, it seemed as if small, quiet Berkshire were the center of American
Cultural development. Writers, painters, philosophers and theologians gathered
in what they named The American Lake District. After the Civil War the Gilded
the elite selected Berkshire for their “cottages” and the rural county was changed
forever
Carole Owens is a
columnist and author, holding a Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. She is
a Massachusetts Scholar in Residence with a Paul Tsongas Award for History
and Preservation.
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