Hello, in the first week of class I started to look into local history of my immediate area, I thought it would be neat if I could find something very local. Adams/North Adams has a long history here, Adams is the birthplace of Susan B. Anthony. So it should be ripe for conflict history.
What I looked at this week was some of the history of the local mills, the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company had child laborers and the such. So I figured it would be a good place to possibly dig up some conflict in it’s past. But the only thing I really came across other then general history is apparently during King George’s War, North Adams was a fort that came under siege (we lost). Not very helpful, but neat. Will continue to purse local history for awhile, but if it doesn’t pan out might have to pull back into a wider scope.