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NativeMasshole t1_j6d8d2c wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in The Connecticut River valley looking north from the summit of Mount Holyoke in Hadley, Massachusetts 1900 and 2022 by Redbandana325

That's just not true. Native Americans did manage the forsests to a great degree, but it wasn't until the 19th century that the landscape became mostly open farmland.

https://www.gazettenet.com/Earth-Matters-How-the-English-colonists-transformed-the-forests-of-the-Pioneer-Valley-26199982

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madtho t1_j6e94ui wrote

Sinton, the author of that article, has an amazing book called From Devil’s Den to Livkingwater. It’s about the Mill River in Northampton, but is really a history of the whole region. Incredible book and a must read for any Pioneer Valley resident.

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