A colonial town and home of Williams College. Endowed with natural beauty and offering many cultural attractions, "The Village Beautiful" has a proud and colorful history. The village was established in 1753 as a plantation called West Hoosuck. Its first settlers were soldiers from nearby Fort Massachusetts which served as the Northwest Outpost of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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