Burt'S Illustrated Guide of the Connecticut Valley, Containing Descriptions of Mount Holyoke, Mount Mansfield, White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Lake Willoughby, Montreal, Quebec, andc. by Henry M. Burt. by Henry Martyn Burt

Burt'S Illustrated Guide of the Connecticut Valley, Containing Descriptions of Mount Holyoke, Mount Mansfield, White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Lake Willoughby, Montreal, Quebec, andc. by Henry M. Burt. by Henry Martyn Burt

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1867. Not illustrated. Excerpt: . MOUNT HOLTOKE. 219 WHAT CAN BE SEN FROM THE SUMIT. The view from Mount Holyoke extends more than a hundred miles up and down the valley of the Connecticut, and mountains in four States can be seen, viz: Monadnock, N. H., Green, Vt., East and West Rock, New Haven, Conn., Greylock, Wachusett, Sugar Loaf, Norwottuck, Toby, Tom', and Nonotuck, Mass. Thirty-eight towns and villages can be seen with the aid of the telescope, nearly all of which are visible to the naked eye, thirty-one in Massachusetts, and seven in Connecticut, as follows: --Northampton, Haydenville, Willi-amsburgh, Goshen, Hadley, Hatfield, Whately, South Deerfield, Greenfield, Shelburne, Sunderland, North Hadley, North Amherst, Amherst, Pelham, Belchertown, Granby, South Hadley, Wilbraham, North Wilbrahani, Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Longmeadow, West Springfield, Agawam, Southampton, Easthampton, Montgomery, Blanford, Ludlow, ip Massachusetts; Thompsonville, Windsor, East Windsor, Enfield, Hartford, Suffield and Somers, in Connecticut. Among the objects of special interest that can be seen are: State Lunatic Hospital and Round Hill, at Northampton; Williston Seminary, Easthampton; Amherst College and Massachusetts State Agricultural College, Amherst; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, South Hadley; Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham; United States Armory, at Springfield; Manufacturing Town of Holyoke; Old Hadley, with her beautiful streets; Ox-Bow Island; Shepherd's Island in the Connecticut River &c. MOUNT HOLYOKE FROM SOUTH-WEST. i- Looking at Mount Ilolyoke from a point north of Smith's Ferry, you have the view, sketched by the artist, as shown in the above illustration. WHO NAMED IT. Mount Ilolyoke was named in 1654 after Capt. Elizur Hoiyoke, one of the first proprietors of Northampton, and it is s.

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ISBN 10	1425527272
Title	Burt'S Illustrated Guide of the Connecticut Valley, Containing Descriptions of Mount Holyoke, Mount Mansfield, White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Lake Willoughby, Montreal, Quebec, andc. by Henry M. Burt.
Author	Henry Martyn Burt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Michigan Publishing Services
Year published	2006-09-13
Number of pages	296
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