Sights in Northampton
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Dinosaur Footprints
Around 190 million years ago, the Pioneer Valley area was a subtropical swamp inhabited by carnivorous, two-legged dinosaurs, and a large cluster of their footprints is preserved in situ on the west bank of the Connecticut River. The prints here, some 134 in all, represent three distinct species. In the early 1970s, paleontologist John Ostrom studied the tracks and – based in part on the fact that the majority of the trackways head west – came to the radical conclusion that some species of dinosaurs traveled in packs.
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Smith College
The Smith College campus, covering 127 acres with lovely gardens, is well worth a stroll. Don't miss the Smith College Museum of Art, which boasts an impressive collection of 19th- and 20th-century European and North American paintings, including works by John Singleton Copley, Eastman Johnson and Claude Monet.
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Lyman Conservatory
Visitors to Smith College are welcome at the Lyman Conservatory, a collection of Victorian greenhouses good for seeing odd things bloom.
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