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Bernard Drew will present a slide lecture, at Ventfort Hall11:10AM / Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Berkshire mountaintops were enormously attractive in the eyes of four millionaires who aspired to go beyond the ordinary in establishing rural domains. Two men set out to create huge game preserves. Two others rambled about their extensive wooded acres by horseback, carriage or foot.
Berkshire historian, author and columnist Bernard Drew will present a slide lecture on “Four Millionaires and Their Berkshire Mountains” at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum on Saturday, March 28 at 4:00 pm. The event will include an opportunity to enjoy a Victorian Tea with the speaker.
The program “Four Millionaires and Their Berkshire Mountains” will look at the activities of David Dudley Field Jr. of Stockbridge (owner of Ice Glen and the northern face of Monument Mountain), William C. Whitney of Lenox/Washington (October Mountain), Fred Pearson of Great Barrington (Bear Mountain and Austerlitz Ridge) and Arthur D. Budd of Windsor (Judge’s Hill and Notchview).
Drew will offer fascinating details on how these men accumulated defunct farmsteads and pieced together their airy tracts. He will offer a number of anecdotes that he has dug up from the records and will tell the intriguing stories of what came of those holdings — most of which have become public lands.
Drew, a Great Barrington resident, grew up on Notchview, now a property of The Trustees of Reservations. He has written extensively on local history including numerous books such as Faded Tracks on Monument Mountain. In progress is Gibson’s Grove & Turner’s Landing: Lake Buel’s Century as a Summer Resort. He writes a regular “Our Berkshires” column for The Berkshire Eagle on outdoor and historical subjects. He also writes reference books about popular fiction authors. He is a member of the board of directors of the Great Barrington Historical Society.
Admission tickets for the lecture and tea are $15 for nonmembers and $12 for members. For reservations, call Ventfort Hall at 413-637-3206. This historic mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox. |
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