 In the early 1910s and 1920s a number of wealthy Americans built summer estates in Ayer's Cliff.These included the railroad mogul Charles Keller Beekman, Chicago attorney David Leavitt Hough, Charles W. Parker, and George Fuller Parker, a close friend of President Grover Cleveland.Ayer's Cliff still maintains a large anglophone population, with roots going back to the late 18th century.