The Pearly Mussel
Personal memory by Laurence Levin
“I live on a farm in Dutchess County, where the Tenmile River crosses before entering the Housatonic River. When my children played in the river, they would often find the shells of now quasi-extinct fresh-water ‘pearly’ mussels.”
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