Pittsfield High School Class of 1957 - Pittsfield History and informational tidbits

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Pittsfield High School Class of 1957 - Pittsfield History and informational tidbits
Pittsfield has a long, interesting history. Here you can test you knowledge of it and even learn a few things.

1. Which President of the U.S. had a near fatal vehicular accident in Pittsifield?
A - Grover Cleveland
B - Franklin Roosevelt
C - Theodore Roosevelt
D - Warren Harding
E - Calvin Coolidge
F - John F. Kennedy

2. In what year did Pittsfield purchase its first snow plow?
A - 1898
B - 1918
C - 1922
D - 1939
E - 1946
F - 1932

3. Who was Albert Franklin Tyler?
A - The man who sold the city the land at the location of the present PHS in 1928
B - The first principal at the 'new' PHS in 1932
C - A GE engineer who developed the use of PCB in transformers in 1939.
D - In the 1850s, Herman Melville's landlord at Arrowhead on Holmes Road.
E - The mayor of Pittsfield when the new PHS was dedicated in 1932
F - O. B. Joyful, an Pittsfield eccentric who died in 1961

4. What was the native American name for Pontoosuc Lake?
A - Wanamackic
B - Shoonkeekmoonkeek
C - Santimuchett
D - Winipisochic
E - Naniwitochie
F - Lanesuchowinsochee

5. What was the source of the name of Pontoosuc Lake?
A - It was named for the tribe of Indians that lived in Lanesborough.
B - It was the name of the chief of the Delaware indians in the area.
C - The name of the brother of Pochahontis
D - The name of the mill on its shores
E - The maiden name of the first mayor of Pittsfield's mother.
F - It sounded very 'Indian like' for tourism.

6. Dawes School is name in recognition of Who/What/Where ?
A - A general in the War Between the States.
B - A Vice-President of the United States
C - A Senator of the United States
D - A bloody battle in Cuba won by the Americans in 1898
E - The governor of Mass. in 1903.
F - The officer in charge of the Mass. Regiment in the Civil War

7. Bartlett School and Bartlett Ave were named for:
A - A native of Pittsfield who became the youngest general in the Union Army.
B - A native of Hancock who became Vice-President of the United States
C - A Senator of the United States who came from Dalton
D - A town in England that was the hometown of the mayor of Pittsfield at the time
E - The pears that grew wild in the area.
F - A mountain on the border of Pittsboro, England and Scotland

8. When was Berkshire County officially created?
A - 1776
B - 1761
C - 1783
D - 1787
E - 1812
F - 1849

9. The Native American tribe populating the area to be known as Berkshire County :
A - Mahican
B - Massagachi
C - Chippesaw
D - Algonquin
E - Mohawk
F - Apache

10. Onota Lake was increased in size by about 40% in what year
A - 1864
B - 1898
C - 1918
D - 1939
E - 1948
F - 1957

11. Early settlers of Pittsfield had a different name for Silver Lake. It was:
A - East Lake
B - Puddin's Pond
C - Ensign's Pond
D - Housatonic Lake
E - Pomeroy Pond
F - Allen Lake

12. The BRTA started out as the Pittsfield Street Railway. What year was it formed.
A - 1812
B - 1900
C - 1761
D - 1826
E - 1865
F - 1886

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