Watson, Walter
Walter Watson (November 17, 1858 - January 1, 1936) was an American civil engineer. Born in Alabama, Watson was living in Massachusetts by 1883. He created several maps during his career, including the Railway and Highway Map of the Famous Berkshire Hills Region, Showing Villages and also Points of Interest. He married Gertrude W. Sergeant in December 1884.
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Railway and Highway Map of the Famous Berkshire Hills Region, Showing Villages and also Points of Interest.
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This is the 1896 Walter Watson map of the Berkshires or the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts. Today the Berkshires are famous for their rich arts communities, summer performing arts programs, and stunning nature. Hills and mountains are identified throughout, with individual heights noted, and elevation rendered by hachure. A key in the upper right notes main roads, schoolhouses, cemeteries, churches, and railroad stations. The location of Shays' Fight, the armed uprising of 1787 near South Egremont, is noted as well. (more details)