SLIDE SHOW: Trustees of Reservations

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  Chesterfield Gorge, Massachusetts

  

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  Chesterfield Gorge, Massachusetts

  

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  Chesterfield Gorge, a Trustees property south of the village of West Chesterfield, Massachusetts, was carved eons ago by the East Branch of the Westfield River.

  

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  Chesterfield Gorge, Massachusetts

  

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  Chesterfield Gorge, Massachusetts

  

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  The sheer cliffs of Monument Mountain in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, rise more than 1,600 feet.

  

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  Stockbridge, Massachusetts

  

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  Stockbridge, Massachusetts

  

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  Stockbridge, Massachusetts

  

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  Brick pathways at Naumkeag in Stockbridge, Massachusetts

  

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  McKim, Mead & White designed this 44-room Berkshires cottage in 1885 as a three-season retreat for lawyer and ambassador Joseph Choate and his family. "Naumkeag" was the Native American name for Salem, Massachusetts, where Choate was born.

  

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  Stockbridge, Massachusetts

  

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  Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

  

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  Amid the beauty of the Berkshire Hills, Naumkeags property includes 8 landscaped acres surrounded by 40 acres of woodland and pasture, where a local farmer grazes his cows.

  

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  Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

  

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  Chesterfield, Massachusetts.

  

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  Massachusetts

  

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  The Proctor Barn on Long Island in the Essex River Estuary dates from 1778.

  

The Trustees of Reservations in Massachusetts have protected and preserved 102 properties since the group was founded in 1891. With 100,000 members, the Trustees organization maintains both natural and man-made places–from wetlands and islands to mansions and barns.

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