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Herit- the ‘‘Upper Housatonic ‘‘Boundary Map Upper Housatonic Valley SESSION H.

National Historic Landmarks

Connecticut Massachusetts Salisbury Lenox Stockbridge Norfolk Pittsfield Cornwall the State of Connecticut Egremont Alford West Stockbridge Washington North Canaan Canaan Sheffield the State of Colebrook Lanesboro Dalton Warren Monterey Great Barrington Hancock Cobble the United States of America Richmond Hinsdale Kent Tanglewood Housatonic Valley

IH the Heritage Area Heritage Area Housatonic Valley Mount Housatonic River the Housatonic River’s Upper Housatonic Valley

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SEC Heritage the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area National Park Service the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Valley National Heritage Area, Inc. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNITION Register of Historic Places National Heritage Area AUTHORITY The Upper Housatonic Valley National the National Park Service National Natural Landmarks the State of Con- 4 UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE Mission House Upper Housatonic Beckley Bog Congress Interior Commonwealth Feasibility Study House of Representa- Chamber Music Festival the State of Connecticut Shakespeare & Company the Commonwealth of Massachu- the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Federal, State Department of the In- the Committee on Resources Housatonic Val- National Heritage Area Act Jacob’s Pillow National Heritage Area Great Barrington New Marlboro Senate APPROPRIATIONS

Herman Melville’s Nathaniel Hawthorne Cathedral Pines Bingham Bog Norman Rockwell Lee Tyringham Sharon Herman Melville Dalton Bartholomew Edith Wharton’s JOHNSON OLVER W.E.B. DuBois Edith Wharton Daniel 14 Becket

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