. New England; ein menschliches Interesse geografische Reader. quaw Gefangener. Eine der alten Konten saysshe bestellt wurde in Stücke von Hunden zerrissen zu werden, war andso withall behandelt. Die erste Brücke über den Connecticut auf itsbroader Kurs zwischen den Sound und den northernboundary von Massachusetts war an Springfieldin 1805 errichtet nach Jahren der Agitation und considerableridicule der Regelung durch lokale wiseheads. Sie mightas gut versuchen, den Atlantik, eine mandeclared zu überbrücken. Die Brücke wurde aus Holz, wurde aber nicht überdacht. Seine Fahrbahn auffuhr und herab mit dem curveof die Bögen der einzelnen Span

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. New England; a human interest geographical reader. quaw prisoner. One of the old accounts saysshe was ordered to be torn in pieces by dogs, andso was dealt withall. The first bridge built across the Connecticut on itsbroader course between the Sound and the northernboundary of Massachusetts was erected at Springfieldin 1805 after years of agitation and considerableridicule of the scheme by local wiseheads. You mightas well attempt to bridge the Atlantic, one mandeclared. The bridge was wooden, but was not roofed over.Its roadway ascended and descended with the curveof the arches of each span. It was painted red. Whenit was opened there was a procession, a prayer, and asermon, and there was music, ringing of bells, and asalute of seventeen guns fired three times. Afternine years service it showed signs of weakening and ii8 New England was replaced by the big covered Old Toll Bridge, which still stands. Tolls were collected until 1872. During the Revolution various munitions of warwere made in Springfield — at first in shops along Main. The Old Toll Bridge at Springfield Street and in some of the barns, but later these publicworks were moved to a ten-acre square on a broadhilltop that the town had taken for a training field.Here was established a few years later a governmentarmory, and in the Civil War the factories, by runningnight and day, attained a daily output of one thousandrifles. At one spot, just outside the Armory grounds onState Street, is what looks like a quaint old gravestone. The Connecticut Valley i 19 It is curiously decorated with the sun, moon, and astar, and some other objects, and it is inscribed thus: Boston Road This Stone is Erected by Joseph Wait Esq. of Brookfield For the Benefit of Travellers JD 1763 Wait was a merchant, who lost his way in a snow-storm and wandered off the road here. He put up thestone to save others from a like experience. Not far from this stone is a boulder that marks thebattle place of Shays Rebellion, January 25, 17

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