. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Stratified Rocks. NATURAL FEATURES 15 Look across and you will see that the western bank is not sohigh; in a freshet the water will be covering the Agawammeadows. If it were not for the artificial bank or dyke, Mer-rick would then be overflowed. Nevertheless, by continualdeposits of mud the river is building for itself a higher westernbank. How long this process of filling the river bottom andbuilding the river banks has gone on is unknown; but c
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Stratified Rocks. NATURAL FEATURES 15 Look across and you will see that the western bank is not sohigh; in a freshet the water will be covering the Agawammeadows. If it were not for the artificial bank or dyke, Mer-rick would then be overflowed. Nevertheless, by continualdeposits of mud the river is building for itself a higher westernbank. How long this process of filling the river bottom andbuilding the river banks has gone on is unknown; but cer-tain it is that twenty feet down in the side of a well, near. A Bank cf the Ancient Lake. the western end of the Chicopee bridge in West Springfield,there lies on its side a great tree two feet in diameter. It is the action of water, building up land in some placesand wearing it away in others, that makes Springfield, in itsmost populous part, so uneven, yet picturesque. Imagineyourself standing at the foot of State street: turn about andgo up the street to Dwight and you will then begin to ascendan incline, until, when you reach the statute of the Puritan,or better, stand in front of Christ church, you are on anotherbank of the river, as it once was. Pursue your walk up State 16 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD street, and entering the Armory gate, go to the brow of thehill and you can see in your imagination, a still larger river orrather, lake, stretching at your feet. Then you have passedover two levels and are on the third. It would be well if theselevels were called terraces, as they are in geology. The lowerone extends through the whole length of t
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