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July 25, 1882
The Evening Critic
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
David Dudley Field owns 1500 acres in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, acquiring land and stock to prevent modern developments from disrupting the town's tranquility, including blocking a railroad, paper mill, and vandalism at natural sites like Ice Glen.
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David Dudley Field's Country Seat.
Of Mr. David Dudley Field's home at Stockbridge, Mass., a correspondent writes: "He owns some fifteen hundred acres in Stockbridge, much of which was acquired in order to keep modern improvements' from desolating the quiet old town. He bought $10,000 worth of the stock of a new railroad company to keep the road from coming there; bought fifty acres around the rapids in the Housatonic to keep a paper mill from going up there; bought 800 acres around the Ice Glen to keep vandals from cutting off the wood and destroying the grandeur of that famous frigid gorge, where I cut a good clip of ice from the surface of the cavern pool only yesterday. And he bought a mile square of the swamp' to keep that cool retreat from being improved out of sight."
Of Mr. David Dudley Field's home at Stockbridge, Mass., a correspondent writes: "He owns some fifteen hundred acres in Stockbridge, much of which was acquired in order to keep modern improvements' from desolating the quiet old town. He bought $10,000 worth of the stock of a new railroad company to keep the road from coming there; bought fifty acres around the rapids in the Housatonic to keep a paper mill from going up there; bought 800 acres around the Ice Glen to keep vandals from cutting off the wood and destroying the grandeur of that famous frigid gorge, where I cut a good clip of ice from the surface of the cavern pool only yesterday. And he bought a mile square of the swamp' to keep that cool retreat from being improved out of sight."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
David Dudley Field
Stockbridge
Land Preservation
Housatonic Rapids
Ice Glen
Railroad Prevention
What entities or persons were involved?
David Dudley Field
Where did it happen?
Stockbridge, Mass.
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Key Persons
David Dudley Field
Location
Stockbridge, Mass.
Story Details
David Dudley Field acquires 1500 acres in Stockbridge to preserve the town's quiet by preventing developments: buys railroad stock to block the line, land near Housatonic rapids to stop a paper mill, 800 acres around Ice Glen to protect from vandals, and a mile square of swamp to maintain its retreat.