1907 Map of Sandisfield

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Farmington River and its various tributaries, including the Clam River and Buck River, dictate the settlement patterns across this New England borderland. The topography is dominated by numerous named summits like Hunger Mt and Seymour Mt, which separate small villages and hamlets. The massive Otis Reservoir serves as a central landmark, surrounded by smaller bodies of water such as Lake Garfield and White Lily Pond. This 1886 survey, updated for 1910, reflects a landscape of dispersed agricultural and early industrial communities connected by winding valley roads like Larkum Road. In the south, the Massachusetts-Connecticut boundary line cuts across the terrain near North Colebrook and West Norfolk, marking a region where local economies were deeply tied to the rivers and ponds of the Berkshire and Litchfield hills.