Hot Air Ballooning

ID: 476 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the North Adams Public Library.
This file appears in: North Adams Fairgrounds

Hot air ballooning really took off in the beginning of the 20th century in North Adams. This balloon race in 1908 was one of the biggest events in North Adams history, gathering thousands of spectators for three hot air balloons to race from point-to-point, being judged on both speed and accuracy.

This file appears in: North Adams Fairgrounds

By Amanda Judson
I see London, I see France, I see… North Adams? In the early twentieth century, all three were almost equally popular tourist destinations for the same reason