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| The Dutchess Quarry Caves & the Drowned Lands |
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earliest evidence of human occupation on |
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| The Black Dirt
area was a huge lake or |
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prehistoric times, and was flooded |
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in Colonial Days. It |
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“Drowned Lands”, |
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immigrant farmers |
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19th century. This area |
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attractive to the |
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| PaleoIndians
because of its abundant |
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| Who
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