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The Park River is a unique urban river that flows through, and under the City of Hartford Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
. It was diverted underground by the Army Corps Of Engineers
United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....
 in 1940. The reason for this was to reduce the risk of Spring flood
Flood

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
s in the city.

r to European settlement the Suckiaug people lived on the fertile banks of the Connecticut and Park River, their name derived from the word "sucki-auke", meaning 'black earth. In 1623, fur traders from the Dutch West India Company set up Fort Goede Hoop at the confluence of the Connecticut and Park rivers.






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The Park River is a unique urban river that flows through, and under the City of Hartford Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
. It was diverted underground by the Army Corps Of Engineers
United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....
 in 1940. The reason for this was to reduce the risk of Spring flood
Flood

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
s in the city.

History

Prior to European settlement the Suckiaug people lived on the fertile banks of the Connecticut and Park River, their name derived from the word "sucki-auke", meaning 'black earth. In 1623, fur traders from the Dutch West India Company set up Fort Goede Hoop at the confluence of the Connecticut and Park rivers. The Dutch called it the Park River 'Little River", in contrast to its larger counterpart the Little River, comparing it to its larger counterpart the Great River (Connecticut River). The first english settlers arrived in 1635, and shortly thereafter in 1636 Thomas Hooker led 100 of his congregation to form a new settlement north of the Dutch Fort. In this year, the first mill in Hartford was built on the Little River by Matthew Allyn for grinding the corn that grew in the area. In the coming years more mills were built upon the banks of the Little River, leading to it being known as Mill River. It has also been called the Hog River.

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