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Pittsfield Historical Society's
History of Pittsfield

Index page for

Pittsfield on the Sebasticook

by Sanger Mills Cook
originally published in 1966
now in web page and PDF form

The original scans of each illustration page are available on the History of Pittsfield ORIGINAL SCANS DVD available through the Society. Each orginal page file is five to fifteen megabytes.

WEB PAGES. Use your browser to view.

DEDICATION & PREFACE (pages 1-10)

Table of Contents. Expanded from the original.

Chapter I - FRONTIER DAYS, 1606-1850 (pages 11-34)

Chapter II - AWAKENING, 1850-1880 (pages 35-59)

Chapter III - SURGING AHEAD, 1880-1900 (pages 60-87)

Chapter IV - COMPLACENCY, 1900-1930 (pages 88-116)

Chapter V - DIFFICULT TIMES, 1930-1940 (pages 117-128)

Chapter VI - RESURGENCE, 1940-1960 (pages 129-158)

Chapter VII - TODAY, 1960-1966 (pages 159-175)

Appendix (pages 176-192)

Index (The original book did not have an index.)

PDF PAGES. These need a PDF reader to view (may already be connected to your browser). These present the pages almost exactly as they appeared in the book and are in the best format for printing.

DEDICATION & PREFACE (pages 1-10)

Table of Contents. Expanded from the original.

Chapter I FRONTIER DAYS (pages 11-34)

Chapter II - AWAKENING (pages 35-59 )

Chapter III - SURGING AHEAD, 1880-1900 (pages 60-87)

Chapter IV - COMPLACENCY, 1900-1930 (pages 88-116)

Chapter V - DIFFICULT TIMES, 1930-1940 (pages 117-128)

Chapter VI - RESURGENCE, 1940-1960 (pages 129-158)

Chapter VII - TODAY, 1960-1966 (pages 159-175)

Appendix (pages 176-192)

Index (The original book did not have an index.)

What is a PDF reader?

A few of the files on this disk are in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view those PDF files, you will need to have a PDF reader program (may already be on your computer) such as APDF, XPDF or Adobe Acrobat Reader. They can all be downloaded for free.

Conversion of Sanger Cook's Pittsfield on the Sebasticook to digital format was done in 2005 by Tom Roberts and Tom Brown for the Pittsfield Historical Society.