Kathryn Boughton

Canaan

Freelance Journalist at Republican-American

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Articles

Goshen's Goodnight Kiss

1 week ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

Fred Lucas and Jennie Wadhams lived and loved nearly 165 years ago. It was a love that developed slowly, starting when the 19-year-old Jennie presented a pocket-size Bible to Fred, a new recruit about to leave for the Civil War. That love deepened with time, as the couple exchanged letters throughout the war and eventually decided to marry.
Henry Ward Beecher

2 weeks ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

Henry Ward Beecher, a prominent American minister and abolitionist, spent the summers from 1853 to 1857 in this cottage in Lenox MA. The image of Blossom Farm is from the collection of Lenox Library Association. Beecher was a part of the early Lenox intelligentsia and preached at the Church-on-the-Hill during his summers in Lenox according to letters from Catharine Sedgwick.
Compassionate Capitalist

2 weeks ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

Kenneth Cole at BIFF Fashion might seem frivolous—after all, how does wearing the right shoe, in the right color, make a world driven by dissent any better? But for the past 40 years, designer Kennth Cole has used his platform as a fashion guru to provide provocative commentary on controversial issues through his company’s advertising. “I was able to marry all of my personal and the brand’s sentiments together in our messaging,” he said.
Time for Ice Cream

3 weeks ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

Modern Milk Bar In the days before refrigeration, ice cream was a true luxury. The poor might have languished in cold, damp homes but the year-round availability of ice to cool drinks and make ice cream was the birthright of the very rich. The delectable treat was first reported in the American colonies in May 1744 when Maryland Governor Thomas Bladen put it on his dessert table.
Humble and Virtuous

1 month ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

The Clothesline Role Seventy-one years ago this month, my father and mother bought a house. It was definitely not my mother’s dream house. It was big and old and had been abandoned for 17 years. It creaked and groaned in the night and, because she was five months pregnant, the musty smell literally nauseated her. It needed just about everything but the bank wanted it off their books and made my Dad an offer he couldn’t refuse.
Stars at Tanglewood

1 month ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

For nearly 60 years there has been handwringing in some quarters about the apparent decline in the popularity of classical music. In December 1968, a New York Times headline proclaimed Dip in Concert Audiences Troubles Impresarios. Tanglewood, that elegant bastion of elite musical expression, was not immune to this concern.
Boffo BIFF 2025

1 month ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—Seventy-five films have been selected for this year’s Berkshire International Film Festival, slated for May 29 through June 1. "You would think that, after 20 years, it would get easier,” sighed Kelley Vickery, founder and artistic director of the Berkshire International Film Festival, who had just released the schedule for this year’s festival. “It takes a herculean effort and is totally stressful and nail-biting and then I can breathe a sigh of relief.”But not for long.
Graydon Carter

1 month ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

Sponsored by Hickory Stick Bookstore It is no secret that print journalism is in dire straits. Rising production costs and decreasing readership have shrunk the number and size of once venerable publications. But there were once rich and plummy days—days of expansive expense accounts, travel, stories about celebrities written by equally celebrated authors and long-form articles illustrated by fabulous photography.
Railroad Street Canaan

1 month ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

A photo, probably dating to the second decade of the 20th century, shows the southwest end of Railroad Street in Canaan sometime after 1914. It can be dated by the presence of Decker and Beebe’s storefront on the right side the picture. The plumbing and home appliance business was established by William Decker and J H Alvord in 1907 and became Decker & Beebe in 1914 when Alvord withdrew from the business and Decker partnered with Hiram Beebe.
The Pleasure Of Buying Books

1 month ago | berkshirestyle.com | Kathryn Boughton

Thirty years ago, the demise of the printed book was predicted with some certainty. The rise of digital media and e-readers was supposed to sound the death knell of books and bookstores. But, as with Mark Twain’s response to his premature obituary in 1897, reports of the death of books were “greatly exaggerated.” Three decades later, approximately 2.2 million new book titles are published globally each year, both traditionally and independently.