The Great Bore
A Souvenir Of The Hoosac Tunnel

66 foit was i ebuilt and more strongly garrisoned. In all the subsequent wars with the trench and Indians until the I eace of Paris in 1763, Fort Massachusetts was a stronghold of much importance and is fre- quently mentioned in the histories of the times. Without exaggeration it may be said of Williams- town that it is one of the most fascinating villages in western Massachusetts. It was named in honor of Colonel Ephraim Williams, the founder of Wil- liams college, who fell in the battle of French moun- tain, near Lake George, September 8, 1755. It is bounded by the grand old hills of Berkshire, every peak and lobe and elevation of which bears the name of some person whose life was intimately con- nected with the history of the town or college, and the Green river flows through it from the south and Hoosac river from the east. The village, with its broad Main street, its rows of shady trees, its inviting by-ways, the varied archi- tecture of its pretty homes, summer cottages, col- lege buildings and society lodges and the atmos- phere of scholarly quiet overhanging all like a bene- diction of peace, is more than attractive in itself. The Main street, on which most of the college build- ings and society houses front, is 264 feet wide. In making the ascent of this street from its North Adams approach, that is, looking west, the visitor