{"id":32510,"count":1,"description":"The Park River, sometimes called the Hog River, is a subterranean urban river that flows through and under the city of Hartford, Connecticut. It was diverted underground by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1940. The stated reason for this was to reduce the risk of spring seasonal floods which had occurred in the city due to the increase in surface runoff from urban development. The river is 2.3 miles (3.7\u00a0km) long.\nPrior to European settlement the Suckiaug people lived on the fertile banks of the Connecticut and Park rivers, 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 the river the \"Little River\", in contrast to its larger counterpart the Great River (Connecticut River). The first English settlers arrived in 1635, and shortly thereafter, in 1636, the Reverend Thomas Hooker led 100 of his congregation to form a new...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/park-river\/","name":"Park River","slug":"park-river","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/32510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=32510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}