Unity park turners falls12/8/2023 Montague, a post-township of Franklin co., Mass., on the Connecticut river, and on the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad, about 36 miles N. This river enters the town of Montague near the south east corner, and winds its way in a north-westerly direction, passing northerly of the center of the town, and empties itself into. There is aJso upon the Saw mill river, which takes its rise from Lock’s Pond, Shuteshury, considerable meadow land. there is quite an extensive tract of meadow land, of a good quality for cultivation. The northerly part consists of pine plains on the west of the town, bordering upon the Connecticut. South westerly from the present center of the town there is a hill called Taylor Hill. The general face of the town is uneven, the soil various a range of highlands in the easterly part of the town, the parts of which are designated by different names, Harvey’s Hill, Chesnut Hill, Bald Hill, Pine Hill, Quarry Hill, &c. Before that time, the southern part belonged to the town of Sunderland, and the northern part belonged to the state. MONTAGUE was incorporated as a town in 1753. Lumber and building-stone abound, but the manufactures are not extensive.ĭistance from Greenfield, 7 miles from Boston, 80.Īn Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845 Which lumber and goods pass round Turner's Falls, which obstruct the Connecticut. In the northwest is a caned, three miles long, by Saw-mill River, a small branch of the Connecticut, waters the south To the State, and the southern part to Sunderland. īefore it was incorporated, the northern part of Montague belonged By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. The scenery around this place is romantic and beautiful, and to the lovers of antiquarian lore, full of interesting associations. This place has a great water power, and promises peculiar advantages to the manufacturing interest. The canal for passing these falls, 3 miles in length and 75 feet lockage, with an immense dam across the river, greatly facilitates the navigation on Connecticut river. Turner's Falls, at the northerly part of the town, are more interesting than any in the state, and probably as much so as any in New England. bank of Connecticut river, opposite to Deerfield, and united to that town by a bridge.
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