Ye Olde Coach Inn - Corner of Rt. 8 and Rt. 100 Readsboro, Vermont. Site of the first PGA Golf Course in New England, Safe House for Runaway Slaves on the Underground Railroad. President McKinley spent a good deal of time here!
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Teeing off at The Olde Coach Inn !! The Olde Coach Inn was the site of the FIRST PGA Golf Course in New England !! Frequented by President William McKinley, a friend of W.B. Plunkett, the Adams, Massachusetts textile industrialist.
Rumored to be a "safe house" for slaves escaping northward on the Underground Railroad.
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A view from the Historic Hairpin Turn on the Mohawk Trail in Clarksburg, MA, (circa 1918) overlooking the North Adams Valley.
Notice the wooden guard rails? Cars didn't go too fast back then.
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Another View of the Famous Hairpin Turn circa 1939. This postcard is hand colored. Notice the changes from the print to the left?
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Hail to the Sunrise ! A Mohawk Indian Memorial in a Park along the Historic Mohawk Trail in Charlemont, Massachusetts.
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The Historic Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Built upon a 400' Trolley Bridge over the Deerfield River. The Bridge of Flowers has been a project of the Shelburne Falls Women's Club since 1928.
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