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Title: A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nason, Elias, 1811-1887 Varney, George J. (George Jones), 1836-1901
Subjects: Massachusetts -- Gazetteers
Publisher: Boston : B.B. Russell
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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tiful town lying in the north central part^Hl of Franklin County, 97 miles from Boston by the Fitch-burg Railroad, which runs along its south side, with ConnecticutRiver between. The New London and Northern Railroad (Vermontand Massachusetts) has a similar position on the eastern side, whilethe Connecticut River Railroad sweeps about it on the west andnorthwest, separated from it on the west by Fall River; so that,as to both rivers and railroads, the town is a peninsula. Bernardston and Northfield bound it on the north, the latter onthe east, Montague on the south, and Greenfield on the west; therivers mentioned forming the dividing lines, except on the north.The assessed area is 8,061 acres; being six miles in length andnearlv that in width. About one quarter of its area is forest, com-posed mainly of oak, maple, hickory and chestnut. The geologicalbasis of the northern portion of the town is conglomerate and calcar-eous gneiss, with sandstone about the Connecticut on the south side.
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GILL. 329 On a promontory setting diagonally into this river and forming thesouthernmost part of the town, are found in the sandstone the gigan-tic bird-tracks which have been the subject of so much attention. The surface of the town is charmingly diversified. Stacy Moun-tain, in the sharp bend of the Connecticut in the southeast, com-mands a delightful view of the river with its green intervales andislands, Black Eocks at its southern base, Millers Falls a little west-ward, and, all about, the vast amphitheatre of mountain ridges.From Darby Hill, rising beautifully from the margin of the river atthe middle of the eastern line of the town, and from Grass Hill atthe northern angle, are other admirable prospects. WoodwardsBrook drains the northern part; and Utter Pond and Lily Fond, atthe north and the south, with two or three small ponds at the centre,glimmer like gems among the hills. The celebrated Turners Fallsare in the river at the southwest, between this town and the villagein Mo

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