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    The Housatonic River (/ˌhuːsəˈtɒnɪk/ HOOS-ə-TON-ik) is a river, approximately 149 miles (240 km) long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut...
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    The population was 1,109 at the 2010 census. It was named after the Housatonic River. The village formed in the early 1800s around textile and paper mills...
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    the Hudson River. In 1999, the company agreed to pay a $250 million settlement in connection with claims it polluted the Housatonic River (at Pittsfield...
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  • Housatonic may refer to: Housatonic, Massachusetts, a census-designated place in the town of Great Barrington Housatonic River, a river in western Massachusetts...
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    agricultural area because of the many brooks that flowed into the Housatonic River; the landscape was dotted with mills that produced lumber, grist, paper...
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  • Green River Williams River Hop Brook Mad River West Branch Housatonic River Southwest Branch Housatonic River East Branch Housatonic River Hudson River (New...
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    The Still River is a 25.4-mile-long (40.9 km) tributary to the Housatonic River in western Connecticut. The Still River headwaters emanate from Farrington's...
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  • Mohicans (redirect from Housatonic people)
    York, developed) and into western New England centered on the upper Housatonic River watershed. After 1680, due to conflicts with the powerful Mohawk to...
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    USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on...
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    Berkshires (section Rivers)
    the range of hills in Massachusetts that lie between the Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers. Highlands of northwest Connecticut may be seen as part of...
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    within the boundaries of Kent in Litchfield County, to the west of the Housatonic River. The land is held in trust by the state for the tribe. In 1986, the...
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  • ships of the United States Navy have been named Housatonic after the Housatonic River. USS Housatonic (1861), was a sloop-of-war launched 20 November...
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    Milford lies 14 miles (23 km) north of Danbury on the banks of the Housatonic River, and shares its border with the northeastern shore of Candlewood Lake...
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  • Ohio River Green River (Housatonic River tributary), a tributary of the Housatonic River in Massachusetts and New York Green River (Hoosic River tributary)...
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    formed behind a hydroelectric dam south of the Rocky River's junction with the Housatonic River in New Milford. Similar to a giant battery, its main purpose...
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    city of Danbury and adjacent towns in the areas around the Housatonic River and the Still River. The area is also home to Candlewood Lake, the largest lake...
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  • Manhattan and rents an isolated cottage in Kent, Connecticut near the Housatonic River in the Litchfield County countryside to write her first novel. The...
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    United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, and the...
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    Mahicans, Algonquian speakers who largely lived along the Hudson and Housatonic Rivers. Hostilities during the French and Indian Wars discouraged settlement...
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    Great Falls is a waterfall formed along the Housatonic River at Falls Village in the town of Canaan amidst Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Great Falls...
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    of trail lie almost entirely along the ridges to the west above the Housatonic River valley. The state line is also the western boundary of a 480 acres...
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  • Indian River (Milford) Wepawaug River Housatonic River Farmill River Naugatuck River Mad River Halfway River Pomperaug River Nonnewaug River Weekeepeemee...
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    Peconic River Little River Housatonic River (CT) Tenmile River Swamp River Mill River Webatuck Creek Green River Norwalk River (CT) Silvermine River Rippowam...
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    Westfield, who arrived in 1725. But New York claimed the land west of the Housatonic River under the Westenhook Patent, dated July 11, 1705, and insisted that...
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    towns of Kent and Sherman for one-half mile before flowing into the Housatonic River. This is a popular whitewater paddling destination with mostly quickwater...
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    pollution to the Housatonic River. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated the Pittsfield plant and several miles of the Housatonic as a Superfund...
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    southern edge of the CDP and accesses it via Turnpike Exit 2. The Housatonic River flows north to south through the center of the CDP. According to the...
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    trails they built in the area; in the summers, they canoed down the Housatonic River. Horse riding camps for children were also held on the site. Dudleytown...
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    facility located in Stratford, Connecticut, where it was sited along the Housatonic River and Main Street, opposite Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Prior to 1927...
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    north of the New Milford village, just north of the straits on the Housatonic River. He began taking title to parcels of it, and soon owned a large part...
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