History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . —the Centre District, built in 1874, at a cast of §23, ; Main Street, built in 1872, cost, .?20,(i; ilit-teneague, built in 1871, cost, §16,449; besides school- __houses on School Street, and at Riverdale, Ashleyville, ^ Prospect Hill, Paucatuck, and Amostown. There wereabout 750 pupils enrolled in the different schools in 1878,and about SSOOO were expended in that year. Of this amount$8<i4 was receiveji from the Ashley fund, and .S330 from
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . —the Centre District, built in 1874, at a cast of §23, ; Main Street, built in 1872, cost, .?20,(i; ilit-teneague, built in 1871, cost, §16,449; besides school- __houses on School Street, and at Riverdale, Ashleyville, ^ Prospect Hill, Paucatuck, and Amostown. There wereabout 750 pupils enrolled in the different schools in 1878,and about SSOOO were expended in that year. Of this amount$8<i4 was receiveji from the Ashley fund, and .S330 from thedog fund. OLD TREES. One of the largest trees in the State is the Big Elm,situated on the west side of Main Street (formerly Shad Lane),standing on land now owned by Mrs. Heman Smith and W. Allen. The land was originally a part of the HemanDay farm, and the tree was brought bj him on his shoulder The hills are covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof are liketlie goodly cedars. She sends out her bouglis unto the seas and her brandiesunto the rivers.* The elms that stand in Ramapogue Street were set over one.
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