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Pittsfield is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 546 at the 2010 census. It is site of the annual Pittsfield Snowshoe Race. ==History== Granted on November 8, 1780, the town was chartered on July 29, 1781, to Samuel Wilcox and 129 others. Pittsfield was named after Pittsfield, Massachusetts, which itself had been named in honor of William Pitt. It was first settled in 1786. The town proved suitable for grazing livestock because of its mountainous terrain.〔(Hayward's ''New England Gazetteer of 1839 )〕 Indeed, in the 19th-century, humorists attributed the invention of the one-legged milking stool to Pittsfield, "...as a means of conquering a stern difficulty."〔(A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859 )〕 The Farmhouse pictured in this 1915 Postcard to the left still stands and was converted in 1960 to The Fleur De Lis Lodge, for travelers and skiers to stay. Six rooms remain in the original farmhouse, while seven more rooms were added to the new section above the great room. Pittfield was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.〔(Floodwaters From Storm Isolate 13 Vermont Towns ), ''The New York Times''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pittsfield, Vermont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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