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History of Sunderland, 1899; History of Sunderland, Vol
TOWN OF SUNDERLAND - A BRIEF HISTORY Sunderland, Massachusetts, is one of the southernmost towns in Franklin County. The community is situated in the eastern portion of the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts. Sunderland was incorporated as a town in 1718. Before being incorporated, Sunderland was known as Swampfield, so named by its first settlers because of the swampland within the town. Settlement of the town originated on what is now North and South Main Streets, with forty designated house lots. Settlers were also assigned an equal percentage of swampland, pasture land, and wood lots. North and South Main Streets are scenic, broad avenues that appeal to our sensor of what a small New England town should be. In the late 1820’s, maple trees were planted on each side of the street, which has added to Sunderland’s beauty, especially as leaves change color, or after a snowfall. The houses are a pleasing mix of sizes and styles; in fact, Sunderland’s main street has examples of most of the architectural styles of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Mount Toby range is another source of beauty and historic background. A watchtower is at the peak along with a commanding view of the river valley. The north part of Mt. Toby is the home of the “Sunderland Cave.” It is not technically a cave, but huge slabs of tipped conglomerate rock. Caves are rare in this part of New England, which has made this one more widely known. Sunderland’s first Irish immigrants located their homes on Mt. Toby in the mid-nineteenth century, which were known as “paddy farms.” Trails are still evident, along with old stone walls marking boundary lines. -
Periodic Report to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation And
Periodic Report to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Submitted by Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest Robert T. Leverett Gary A. Beluzo And Anthony W. D’Amato May 21, 2006 Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest 52 Fairfield Avenue Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 538-8631 [email protected] 1 Table of Contents Topic Page General Introduction 3 SECTION 1: Old Growth Inventory and Mapping 4 SECTION 2: Forest Reserve 8 SECTION 3: Update on Rucker Indexing Analysis 11 and Exemplary Forest Documentation SECTION 4: White Pine Volume Modeling, 31 Individual Profiles, and White pine Tree Dimensions Index (TDI) Lists SECTION 5: White Pine Stand Tagging, Inventorying, 47 and Growth Analysis SECTION 6: Activities and History of FMTSF 49 SECTION 7: Dendromorphometry 53 SECTION 8: Summary of Exemplary Trees and 56 Forest Features in MTSF and MSF Appendix I: Maps – Recommended Forest Reserves 60 2 General Introduction This report is presented to the Chief Forester for Massachusetts, James DiMaio; the Region 5 Supervisor, Robert Mellace; and the management forester within Region 5, Thomas Byron. Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest (FMTSF) will also present copies of this report to the Eastern Native Tree Society (ENTS), Harvard Forest for inclusion in their archives, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Board members of the FMTSF, and Dr. Lee Frelich, Director for the Center of Hardwood Ecology of the University of Minnesota. ENTS, Mass Audubon, Dr. David Orwig of Harvard Forest, and Dr. Lee Frelich have been important contributors to the research described in this report. On February 5, 2004, “Report on Forest Research at Mohawk Trail State Forest” was submitted to the then Department of Environmental Management (DEM) through William Rivers. -
Tall Pines Trail
Tall Pines Trail Location: Mohawk Trail State Forest. Updated 7-29-2019 County: Franklin Township: Charlemont Start and End of Trail Network: Lat 42.638425 N, Long 72.936285 W Trail length (complete loop plus spur): 3.0 miles Introduction Mohawk Trail State Forest (MTSF) was one of the first state forests to be established as part of the Massachusetts system of Forests and Parks. Today the property covers approximately 6,700 acres and is split by State Route #2, named the Mohawk Trail in recognition of the ancient Indian path that ran from the waters of the Hudson to the Connecticut River. MTSF is mountainous, possessing some of the most rugged topography in the Commonwealth. The Cold River and Deerfield River gorges reach depths of 1,000 feet in Mohawk, and elevations vary from 600 to almost 2100 feet within the property. Mohawk has many outstanding features, including: (1) its wealth of old growth forests (nearly half of the total for Massachusetts), (2) record-breaking tall, second-growth white pines, (3) a section of the original Mohawk Indian Trail, (4) section of the old Shunpike, (5) site of an old Indian encampment, and (6) the gravesite of Revolutionary War veteran John and his wife Susannah Wheeler. The State Forest is part of the 9th Forest Reserve, which is maintained in pristine condition. The Park area is located on the north side of Route #2, and includes the Headquarters, picnic area, campground (for RVs and tents), cabin area (six rental cabins), the Old Cold River Road, and the upper and lower meadows. -
The Mohawk Trail Region the Official Visitors Mohawk Guide 2018 - 2019 Trail Region Eugene Michalenko Tourist Information
The Mohawk Trail REGION The Official Visitors Mohawk Guide 2018 - 2019 Trail www.mohawktrail.com REGION Explore The Trail Region 4-6 Ride off the beaten path ....33 Historic and literary figures Savoy .............................33 travelled The Trail ............7 Rowe ..............................33 Traffic on The Trail Annual Events for millenniums ................7 along The Trail ..........34-35 Tourist Information ... 8-10 map of the Ice Cream along The Trail ...11 mohawk trail find a place to region ...............36-37 enjoy yourself Charlemont ...................38 in the mohawk Shelburne Falls .............43 trail region Colrain ...........................46 The Arts & Culture .........12 Shelburne ......................46 Places to Eat & Drink .12-13 Greenfield .....................48 Places to Stay ..................13 Cultural Districts ..............49 Places to Shop .................14 Deerfield .......................49 Services ...........................15 South Deerfield .............51 www.mohawk trail.com How to Get Here .............15 Turners Falls .................51 Distances from Bernardston ..................52 BIENVENIDO | BIENVENUE North Adams to ? ...........15 Northfield .....................54 Camping, State Parks & Gill .................................54 WILLKOMMEN | BENVENUTO Outdoor Recreation .......16 Athol .............................55 欢迎 Sights to See .................17 Phillipston ....................55 ようこそ | cities & towns Westminster .................55 in the trail Farmers’ Markets ...56-57 -
Taconic Physiography
Bulletin No. 272 ' Series B, Descriptive Geology, 74 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR . UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR 4 t TACONIC PHYSIOGRAPHY BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1905 CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transinittal......................................._......--..... 7 Introduction..........I..................................................... 9 Literature...........:.......................... ........................... 9 Land form __._..___.._.___________..___._____......__..__...._..._--..-..... 18 Green Mountain Range ..................... .......................... 18 Taconic Range .............................'............:.............. 19 Transverse valleys._-_-_.-..._.-......-....___-..-___-_....--_.-.._-- 19 Longitudinal valleys ............................................. ^...... 20 Bensselaer Plateau .................................................... 20 Hudson-Champlain valley................ ..-,..-.-.--.----.-..-...... 21 The Taconic landscape..................................................... 21 The lakes............................................................ 22 Topographic types .............,.....:..............'.................... 23 Plateau type ...--....---....-.-.-.-.--....-...... --.---.-.-..-.--... 23 Taconic type ...-..........-........-----............--......----.-.-- 28 Hudson-Champlain type ......................"...............--....... 23 Rock material..........................'.......'..---..-.....-...-.--.-.-. 23 Harder rocks ....---...............-.-.....-.-...--.-......... -
Whitmore's Mills and the Connecticut River: a Social and Natural History
Whitmore’s Mills and the Connecticut River: A Social and Natural History Tour Presented by members of the Sunderland Historic Commission Published October 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TOUR GUIDE MAP 3 TOUR GUIDELINES 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 Welcome & Introduction 5 STOP 1: Ice Age / Lake Hitchcock / First People 7 STOP 2: Unique Landscape & Early Settlement 8 STOP 3: Studying Rocks & Overview of Falls Village 9 STOP 4: North Sunderland Baptist Church 12 STOP 5: Roadways Old & New 14 STOP 6: Whitmore’s Mills & The falls of Falls Road 16 STOP 7: River Crossings & Transportation 18 STOP 8: Recreation along the River 20 STOP 9: Electricity, Industry, and the Natural Environment 22 STOP 10: The End 24 2 TOUR GUIDE MAP RT 47 10 Scenic Pull out Parking / Visitor Welcome 3 TOUR GUIDELINES This 4 mile round trip tour can be walked, biked, or driven. Falls Road is a country road and is not normally heavily traf- ficked; however, we encourage everyone to use recommended safety measures specific to your chosen mode of transportation; walk facing traffic, bike with traffic and wear a helmet, pull your car to the side of the road when stopping. Unless otherwise noted, the land on either side of the public road is privately owned; please be respectful of local property owners by sticking to the public roadways throughout the tour and leav- ing no trace or trash behind. please note there is poison ivy growing along the side of the roadway. TOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This tour is sponsored by the Sunderland Historical Commission and 88.5 WFCR FM 640 WNNZ and funded in part by a grant from Mass Humanities, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Sunderland Cultural Council, a local agency which is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. -
2003 Annual Town Report (PDF)
Cover: Vince Guadazno’s photograph of the Town Hall Steeple looking out over Provincetown Harbor. Photo Credits: Vince Guadazno: cover, pages 11, 22, 108, 160, 185, 205, 211 Doug Johnstone: page 14 Art Credit: Howie Schneider - page 204 Acknowledgements Thanks to the Town Boards and Departments for submitting reports for inclusion in this year’s Annual Town Report. Thanks as well to Richard Faust for editing the reports, and to the design team of Gary Delius, Doug Allen, and Edward Terrill. ANNUAL TOWN REPORT YEAR 2003 TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS Annual Reports of the Officers of the Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts for the year ending December 31, 2003. Financial Reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003. www.provincetown-ma.gov Compiled and Prepared by Doug Johnstone, Town Clerk In Memory of Sidney W. Bamford Airport Commission, Bicycle Committee, Open Space/ Recreation Committee Temporary Assistant Registrar, Zoning Board of Appeals Beatrice Cabral Public Works Seasonal Employee Alden E. Clapp Parking Department Seasonal Employee Dorothy Costa Public Works Seasonal Employee Marcel “Coty” Cote Harbor Committee, Parking Department Seasonal Employee James H. Green Municipal Advertising Committee, Police Department Study Committee Vivian R. Kolz Teacher Nancy McNulty Bicentennial Committee, School Committee In Memory of William McNulty Town Manager Assistant Harbormaster, Building Commissioner Harbor Development Committee, Police Needs Study Committee Police Building Advisory Committee, Water Resources Advisory Council William D. Roberts Charter Enforcement Commission Albert C. Rocheteau School Custodian Anthony Souza Parking Department Seasonal Employee John F. Souza, Jr. Public Works Employee Damianne Lea Strong Recreation Seasonal Employee Michael A. Torre On-Call Secretary, Temporary Bookkeeper Francis J. -
Guide to the Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in New England
Guide to the Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in New England compiled by Richard D. Stattler New England Yearly Meeting Archivist Guide to the Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in New England compiled by Richard D. Stattler New England Yearly Meeting Archivist Published by the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1997 ©1997 by New England Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-932840-13-2 Published by the Rhode Island Historical Society under the sponsorship of the Obadiah Brown Benevolent Fund and the Mosher Book and Tract Fund of New England Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. Additional copies can be purchased by contacting the Rhode Island Historical Society, 110 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI 02906, (401) 331-8575. i Acknowledgements This guide was made possible with support from the Obadiah Brown Benevolent Fund, the Chace Fund, the Archives Committee of the New England Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, the Mosher Book and Tract Fund, and the Rhode Island Historical Society. In addition, all of those who have labored on behalf of the New England Yearly Meeting Archives over the years deserve credit for these results, including Rosalind Wiggins, Phyllis Brightman, Isabelle Harding, Laura Marzzacco, Madeleine Telfeyan and David Haines. Cynthia Bendroth initiated this project in 1992, and did much of the preparatory work for it. Thomas Hill supplied many helpful corrections to an earlier draft of this work (though he is in no way re- sponsible for the many errors that undoubtedly appear in this draft). Jonathan Vogel-Borne helped prepare the maps, and provided enormous assistance with the technical aspects of bringing this guide to production. -
Brittle Fracture History of the Montague Basin, North-Central Massachusetts
BRITTLE FRACTURE HISTORY OF THE MONTAGUE BASIN, NORTH-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS BY ARTHUR G. GOLDSTEIN CONTRIBUTION NO. 25 GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS. BRITTLE FRACTURE HISTORY OF THE MONTAGUE BASIN, NORTH-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS by Arthur G. Goldstein Contribution No. 25 Department of Geology and Geography University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts July, 1975 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT ................................................ viii INTRODUCTION .....•.................................•..... 1 The Problem ........................................ 1 Location ........................................... 1 Topography and Drainage ............................ 3 Regional Geology 3 Stratigraphy and Structure.......................... 6 Acknowledgements 11 METHODS . 13 Field Forms . 13 Joint Sampling Methods 18 Fault Sampling Methods 19 JOINTING . • . 21 Method of Study . 21 Regional Patterns . • . • . • . 21 Patterns within Subareas ............................ 25 Eastern basement area .......................... 25 Turners Falls area............................. 29 Cheapside area . • . • . 29 Mt. Toby/Mt. Sugarloaf area.................... 30 Western basement area . 30 Relationship of Jointing in Sedimentary Rocks to Jointing in Crystalline Rocks ..................•... 30 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page Separations of Classes of Joints .... ... ......... ... 25 Turners Falls area............................. 33 Cheapside 2rea . 33 Ht. Toby /Mt. Sugarloaf <Hea . .. .. .. .. .. 33 -
Mount Toby Management Plan
Mount Toby Demonstration Forest Management Plan Spring 2006 By Jesse Caputo and Tony D’Amato Table of Contents Preface……….……………………………………………………………………….. 3 Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………... 3 Statement of Authority……………………………………………………………….. 3 Forest History………………………………………………………………………… 4 Current Conditions…………………………………………………………………… 6 Topography…………………………………………………………………... 6 Landscape Context…………………………………………………………… 6 Climate……………………………………………………………………….. 7 Geology………………………………………………………………………. 7 Soils…………………………………………………………………………... 8 Hydrology…………………………………………………………………….. 8 Overstory Vegetation…………………………………………………………. 9 Wildlife and Species of Special Concern…………………………………….. 10 Trails and Infrastructure……………………………………………………… 11 Management Objectives……………………………………………………………… 12 Third Party Usage for Research, Teaching, and Demonstration……………………... 12 Data Archives and Website…………………………………………………………... 13 Infrastructure and Recreation………………………………………………………… 14 Management Zones / Management Activities………………………………………... 15 Riparian/Wetland Special Management Area………………………………... 15 Special Management Area……………………………………………………. 16 Research Natural Area………………………………………………………... 17 Active Management Area…………………………………………………….. 17 Monitoring……………………………………………………………………………. 18 Budget………………………………………………………………………………… 19 Schedule………………………………………………………………………………. 19 References…………………………………………………………………………….. 19 Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………… 20 APPENDICES………………………………………………………………………… 21 PREFACE This management plan has been written as a replacement -
Heydays Along the Mohawk Trail Lauren R
Early tourist postcards of the Mohawk Trail feature “the wigwam,” the Whitcomb Summit, and famous Hairpin Turn on the way down to North Adams. Heydays along the Mohawk Trail Lauren R. Stevens ngineering that was remarkable for its day in 1914 created automobile passage over the forbidding Hoosac Mountains, second Ein these parts only to boring a railroad tunnel through the same rock some four decades earlier. But my interest is more in the context of the construction. When you set out for an automobile ride, is it the trip itself, seeing the sights and stopping occasionally for snacks and gifts? Or is it your goal to avoid towns and get to your destination as soon as possible? The centennial of the Mohawk Trail automobile road defines that issue. Nowadays traffic on Route 2, the Mohawk Trail, only faintly approximates what it must have been like for 40 busy years after one of the first scenic highways in the United States opened. The trail, which officially winds 65 miles between Williamstown and Orange, in Massachusetts, was dedicated 100 years ago, on October 22, 1914, setting off, I trust, suitable celebration this year—but maybe not a pageant. My initial interest in the Mohawk Trail was an effort to recreate the 100-mile-long Indian footpaths that joined the Connecticut and Hudson valleys by following the Deerfield and Hoosic rivers. This route opened up a major way to Canada via the Owl Kill and Lake Champlain. It was used by Indians, eighteenth-century white warriors like Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and Henry David Thoreau, among others. -
Greenfield Reconnaissance Report
Greenfield Reconnaissance Report Connecticut River Valley Reconnaissance Survey Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Inventory Program JUNE 2009 Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Franklin Regional Council of Governments Pioneer Valley Planning Commission PROJECT TEAM Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Richard K. Sullivan, Jr, Commissioner Joe Orfant, Director, Bureau of Planning & Resource Protection Patrice Kish, Director, Office of Cultural Resources Wendy Pearl, Director, Historic Landscape Preservation Initiative Jessica Rowcroft, Preservation Planner, Heritage Landscape Inventory Program Regional Partners & Project Consultants: Franklin Regional Council of Governments Margaret Sloan, Director of Planning & Development Melissa Adams, Land Use Program Manager Kimberly Noake MacPhee, Natural Resources Program Manager Patricia Smith, Land Use Planner Ryan Clary, GIS Specialist Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Bonnie Parsons, Principal Planner and Manager of Historic Preservation Programs Anne Capra, Principal Planner Jim Scace, Senior Planner/GIS Specialist Local Project Coordinator Marcia Starkey, Chair, Greenfield Historical Commission Local Heritage Landscape Participants Frostine Bean, President, Franklin County Agricultural Society Paul Daniello Christine Forgey, Mayor Devleeya Ghosh Alex Haro Nancy Hazard Kate Kerivan Ralph Kunkel, Conservation Agent Carolyn McLellan Peter Miller, Greenfield Historic Commission Larry Petrin Pat Serrentino Linda Smith Fred Steiner, Franklin County Agricultural