Lexic.us

Definition of Berkshires

1. Noun. A low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Berkshires

Literary usage of Berkshires

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of New England by Porter Sargent (1916)
"This most direct route from New York to the Berkshires and Vermont affords also an interesting entrance to New England. It is a route much used by tourists ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Champlain & Hudson River Valleys by Patricia Foulke, Robert Foulke (2003)
"The Berkshires The vastness of much American landscape militates against such a ... One of them, the southern Berkshires, in southwestern Massachusetts, ..."

3. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"... 1821 — DECEMBER 17, 1824 • Accompanies Mr. Silliman to the Berkshires. — Takes his wife and daughter to Concord, New Hampshire. ..."

4. We Discover New England by Louise (Closser) Hale (1915)
"It was a red arrow on a white ground, pointing in the direction we would like to go. " To the Berkshires " read the sign beneath. ..."

5. The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program: Technology Profiles (1993)
"(Mobile Thermal Desorption System) TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION: Clean Berkshires Inc. 's Mobile Thermal Desorption System (TDS) uses rotary kiln technology to ..."

6. From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians by Albert Perry Brigham (1907)
"FROM TRAIL TO RAILWAY CHAPTER I BOSTON AND THE Berkshires From the time of the settlement of Massachusetts Boston has had a large share of the business of ..."

7. Seeing the Eastern States by John Thomson Faris (1922)
"CHAPTER X THROUGH THE HEART OF THE Berkshires THE traveler who has chosen any one of the many routes through the famous Berkshire Hills is apt to declare ..."

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