Leaving Wilmington Vermont at 2:37 p.m., my ride took me through sleepy hamlets and through beautiful valleys, with fields of corn swaying in the slight breeze. The mountains also continued to frame my ride and the rolling hills allowed me to see beautiful country vistas. The signs on Massachusetts Route 112 proclaimed that this road …
“I am in a place, which I never expected to be on this trip, mainly Wilmington Vermont. One day you hear from me in Pittsfield, the next in North Adams, and now from Vermont.” After the unexpected finding of the cemetery that my Grandfather had written about in his letter, I got back into Sage …
Tina dear, again I am going to try to describe the wonderful scenery that confronted me on my way to Vermont. October 1929: Upon leaving North Adams, you drive towards the Green Mountains and say dear, you can not possibly imagine the sight that confronts one’s eyes – why it is beyond words. To start …
As described in the Massachusetts book from the American Guide Series books (1937), “To the visitor arriving from points east, whether by automobile on the famous Mohawk Trail or by train through the equally famous Hoosac Tunnel, this little mill city bursts suddenly into view in a setting of striking mountainous beauty. On the west is …
After being disappointed with my Springfield stop, I was looking forward to my next stop in Pittsfield to see where the Hotel Wendell had once been. I was able to find ample information about this once grand hotel and I was excited to see the former location as well as explore Pittsfield. I knew from …
As you can see on the letterhead, the only initial clue I had about this hotel was that it was located opposite the “New Union Station” in Springfield. The New Union Station, was opened up in 1926 and still is open as a train station. I thought that would be easier enough to track it …
So, this is a little summary of today’s journey. 279.1 miles for this journey. 12 hours 2 minutes from leaving my garage to arriving back in my garage. 48 towns/cities traveled through. (may be more as I might not have recorded all the little towns correctly) Route numbers traveled: 117, 62, 20, 8, 9, 100, …
Date of Original Trip: October 8, 1929 Date of Recreated Trip: August 12, 2019 Hotel and Address: The Colonial, Gardner Mass. American Hotels Corporation, N.Y. Tuesday evening, Tina Dear: – Here I am stopping in a place where I had no idea of doing so. Ed Hoffman told us to clean up around here …
Date of Original Trip: October 9, 1929 Date of Recreated Trip: August 12, 2019 Hotel and Address: American House, on May Street from Blossom Street to Day Street, Fitchburg, Mass, Wm. Berger, Proprietor October 9, 1929. Tina Dear: – I am in the writing room and in the lobby, I can hear the radio broadcasting from New …
From the information on the envelope, dated August 12, 1929, it just said The Phenix Hotel, Concord New Hampshire. It is curious that many of them do not contain a street address. This was also well before the time before zip codes were used – they weren’t formally introduced until 1963. Monday evening – Tina …
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