Author Archives: Rocco Botto

Sly, Al

Hotchkiss 1950-1970, 1955flood Berkshire Hills Music & Dance. Youth concerts, Music Mountain, Congregational Church organist and Choir Master 1970-2015

Kiefer, George #1

Kiefer family, Hollister House, Salisbury School, Navy WWII, farms: Hewitt, Erickson, Hamlin Hill, Bauer, Holmes, Nelson, Surdam, Crosby, Miner, Windfall (Baldwin Reed, Tree Warden duties, rowing

Smith, Harold #2

Scoville estate size, Taconic School & teacher Mrs. Homes. Harrison District School (Long Pond),chapel, post office school location, Taconic Reading House, Power House green houses, ski jumps, Mr. Angus, Edith Scoville, Pope estate

Johnson, Gordon

Veterinarian, names of various selectmen, P & Z, SCS Board of Ed. Regional Bd. of Ed. HCCC, school renovation, 55 flood, Town Hall fire

Clark, John

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ferris, dufour bus co. railroad tracks, Air Force, Jiminy Peak, ski factory in Lakeville, Gt. Barrington Airport flying instructor 1953-1997, Grove changes, Flood of 1955, E. W. Spurr Co. Walter Koladza, Dave Timmens

Wick, Peter

Purchase 1930 of Grey House, boarding house, Post Office description, Johann Satre & ski jumps. fish mecca, Twin Lakes RR station, CNE rr, Norwegian community Scandinavian influence, Scoville family

Moskowitz, Virginia

Twin Lakes, Salisbury, Berkshire Hills Camp, Scoville Library History Room, Town Historian 1987-1999.

Sills, Norman #1

Swim for $.25, various farms, Institute of World Affairs, !955 flood, CNE & NH RR, Appalachian Trail, town Historian 1999-2003

Warner, Jonathan

Mt. Riga, ski jumps, 1930’s state border fire, IMS, Hotchkiss, WWII Marine Corps, various families, DJWarner, Maple shade Inn, white Hart Inn, Scoville Car Wheels, ore beds