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FRENCH KING BRIDGE LARGEST AND HIGHEST OF ITS KIND IN THE EAST, GREENFIELD, MASS.
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Many legends have grown up telling how the Rock
got its title from which the French King Highway and Bridge
was named. A party of Indians under command of a French
Officer came down the Connecticut River on a scouting
expedition. They reached the Rock which was at the
beginning of a dangerous rapid. Just at nightfall, not car-
ing to attempt the rapids at dark they camped on the west
bank of the stream. The commanding officer was much
impressed by the rock, It was the most conspicuous object
he had encountered on the expedition, for at that time it
stood probably eighteen feet out of water. Thinking it
would be a good point of reference not only for his reports,
but also for future explorations he decided to take formal
possession of it in the name of the French King, Louis the
XIV.
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