Picture of the President McKinley statue in Adams.

ID: 1062 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.
This file appears in: President McKinley Comes to Town
Picture of the President McKinley statue in Adams.
This file appears in: President McKinley Comes to Town

By Ann Leonesio
President William McKinley visited this area in the fall of 1897 arriving at the home of W.B. Plunkett approximately at 9:45 AM after traveling by train through Williamstown and North Adams. “The arrival of the presidential party was an event…