Bethany and its hills; . BETHANY AND ITS II As the road meets the turnpike there is tlie old house andmill, nestled in the shadow of the it was huilt by IsaacHine and owned later by Edson Sperry. who conducted theeardins;- of wool and d\ein,o- and dressiut;- of cloth in a ver\-satisfactor\- manner. It is now owned bv Air. Twitehell. BEACOX HILL. About fourteen miles from New Hawn the main mad to\\aterbur\- ])asses by mountain, a rucU- rid^e <f almost. llKACdX I AT. WKST VIEW. naked rock stretching- southwest; at this i)lace is Collinstavern. lon^- known as an excel
Bethany and its hills; . BETHANY AND ITS II As the road meets the turnpike there is tlie old house andmill, nestled in the shadow of the it was huilt by IsaacHine and owned later by Edson Sperry. who conducted theeardins;- of wool and d\ein,o- and dressiut;- of cloth in a ver\-satisfactor\- manner. It is now owned bv Air. Twitehell. BEACOX HILL. About fourteen miles from New Hawn the main mad to\\aterbur\- ])asses by mountain, a rucU- rid^e <f almost. llKACdX I AT. WKST VIEW. naked rock stretching- southwest; at this i)lace is Collinstavern. lon^- known as an excellent public house, and theStraitsville 1. (.? About half a mile south of Mr. Collins,the road ])asses throU|L;h a narrow defile, fornieil by a i^aj) inthe mountain, and is l)arely sufficient in width for a road anda small but sprij^htly brook, which winds throug:h the nar-row i)assa.£!:e. On both sides the cliffs are lofty, particularly 1 J BETHANY ANP ITS on the west: on the east, at a little distance from the road,thev overhano- in a threatening^ manner.—The ridges of theIeacon nionntain present fine geological and picturesquefeatures, and are much more abrupt and granil than most ofthe mica slate regions of Connecticut.—Barbers Hist. Col. Beacon Cap is a huge boulder on the highest point of theridge on the mountain which divides r>ethanv from is about fortv feet in circumference and twenty in height, andcan be seen for many miles distant.
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