The Great Bore
A Souvenir Of The Hoosac Tunnel

DRIVES. The drives about North Adams, whether taken through the village or up the mountains, present an ever-changing scene,—picturesque, if along the banks of its busy streams; romantic, if through the shady woods of its hillsides; grand, if ascending the wind- ing roads leading to the lofty summits above it. GREYLOCK. The ascent of Greylock is no longer a hardship to be undertaken only by those possessed of stout limbs and plenty of grit. In 1885 the Greylock Park Association constructed an excellent wagon road from the Notch to the top of the mountain, making the nine-mile ride from North Adams a compara- tively easy one. The drive is most delightful, taking the tourist over the Williamstown road as far as Braytonville, then up the Notch road, with the Cascade brook running' merrily along, now to the right, now to the left; through the deep, shadowy valley of the Notch to the association s toll-gate at Mr. Walden’s, and finally up the new Greylock road, through green pastures, under great trees, around sharp bends, ever-and-anon affording charming views of distant mountain peaks and the