Advertisement for the Hoosac Valley Agricultural Society Cattle Show and Fair

ID: 478 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.
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These would have been posted around North Adams as well as various other towns in Berkshire County and the Hoosac Valley. Based on the information provided on these advertisements, we can assume that the first Cattle Show and Fair took place in 1859.

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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