President McKinley in front of the Baptist Church in North Adams.

ID: 1063 ~ Source: Courtesy of North Adams Historical Society.
This file appears in: President McKinley Comes to Town
President McKinley in front of the Baptist Church in North 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…