New England: A Human Interest Geographical ReaderMacmillan, 1917 - 371 pages |
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... , AND FAMOUS PEOPLE 143 CONNECTICUT XIII CONNECTICUT BEGINNINGS 161 XIV INDUSTRY IN CONNECTICUT . 173 XV ALONG THE CONNECTICUT SHORE 183 XVI CONNECTICUT PLACES AND FAMOUS PEOPLE . 196 RHODE ISLAND XVII THE STORY OF BLOCK ISLAND . XVIII vii.
... , AND FAMOUS PEOPLE 143 CONNECTICUT XIII CONNECTICUT BEGINNINGS 161 XIV INDUSTRY IN CONNECTICUT . 173 XV ALONG THE CONNECTICUT SHORE 183 XVI CONNECTICUT PLACES AND FAMOUS PEOPLE . 196 RHODE ISLAND XVII THE STORY OF BLOCK ISLAND . XVIII vii.
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... shores were those first visited by people from northern Europe , and , after colonization began , settlements multiplied rapidly . It was named by Captain John Smith , who came across the Atlantic with two ships in 1614 and. EW ENGLAND ...
... shores were those first visited by people from northern Europe , and , after colonization began , settlements multiplied rapidly . It was named by Captain John Smith , who came across the Atlantic with two ships in 1614 and. EW ENGLAND ...
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... shores became the favorite resorts for leisurely dwellers in their vicinity to see the boats come in . Some of the later flatboats were seventy feet in length and fifteen feet across at the widest part . At the stern was a snug cabin ...
... shores became the favorite resorts for leisurely dwellers in their vicinity to see the boats come in . Some of the later flatboats were seventy feet in length and fifteen feet across at the widest part . At the stern was a snug cabin ...
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... shore prying around the end of the boat to make a better landing for the load of hay stream by a wire that slips through pulleys on the boat . The wire has its ends securely fastened on the banks , and it lies on the river bottom except ...
... shore prying around the end of the boat to make a better landing for the load of hay stream by a wire that slips through pulleys on the boat . The wire has its ends securely fastened on the banks , and it lies on the river bottom except ...
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... shore . There is an almost straight beach twenty - five miles long fronting the Atlantic , extending north from the On Cape Cod's inner shore . The boat is a fisherman's dory elbow of the Cape . Thoreau , the famous nature writer , once ...
... shore . There is an almost straight beach twenty - five miles long fronting the Atlantic , extending north from the On Cape Cod's inner shore . The boat is a fisherman's dory elbow of the Cape . Thoreau , the famous nature writer , once ...
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