- HOOSAC MOUNTAIN
- in the Green Mountain Range in Massachusetts, is noted for its railway tunnel, nearly 5 m. in length, and the longest in America.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
HOOSAC MOUNTAIN
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