STOCKBRIDGE MAIN STREET: SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF MOHICAN HISTORY
A conceptual self-guided tour of Mohican history has been proposed for the Main Street of Stockbridge. The town was chartered in 1737 and incorporated in 1739 as a community of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, for Native American “proprietors” (or landowners). LEARN MORE
KAMPOOSA BOG
A large wetland and wildlife habitat area, covering more than 1,300 acres. Archaeologists have found Native American sites around the edges of Kampoosa Bog. LEARN MORE
SITE OF THE MOHICAN-VAN SCHAACK SAWMILL
During the 1740s or early 1750s, members of the Mohican community in Stockbridge collaborated with a Dutch fur trader, Elias Van Schaack, to construct a sawmill in present-day West Stockbridge. LEARN MORE
MONUMENT MOUNTAIN
A famous landmark that looms over the Housatonic River Valley on the north side of Great Barrington. LEARN MORE
RIVER WALK – WESTENHUE
A formal public pathway along the west bank of the Housatonic River in Great Barrington enables visitors to view the flowing waters. LEARN MORE
SITE OF CAPTAIN JACOB’S MEETING WITH LORD JEFFREY AMHERST
In 1758, Great Barrington witnessed a meeting between Captain Jacob Nawnawapatcoonks of the Stockbridge Mohicans and the British General Jeffrey Amherst. Today, the expansive meadow where the meeting took place is a cornfield, located southeast of the Green River bridge on Route 23, on the road to Egremont. LEARN MORE
BIDWELL HOUSE MUSEUM
This site tells the story of the early English settlement of the Berkshires. This story includes the Mohicans who were here when the English arrived. LEARN MORE
KONKAPOT RIVER
This watercourse was named after the Stockbridge Mohican sachem, Captain John Konkapot, who was an influential Tribal leader during the early and mid-eighteenth century. LEARN MORE
SKATEKOOK
In 1724, white settlers and Mohican Native Americans executed a deed for land encompassing the Lower Housatonic township (now Sheffield and Great Barrington). At this time, an Indian Reservation known as Skatekook was also established for continued use by the tribe. LEARN MORE
BRACE-EVERETT-FRISSELL MTS. TRAIL
Hiking trails provide access to exposed mountaintops near the Tri-State marker (a small stone monument), where the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York come together. The summit of Brace Mountain offers superb views of the Mohican homelands in the valley of the Hudson River (or the Mahhicannituck), much as they would have appeared at the time of European contact. LEARN MORE
BARTHOLOMEW’S COBBLE
A prominent and unique natural landmark, known for its plant life and scenery. A bedrock outcrop one hundred feet in height, it looms directly above the Housatonic River. LEARN MORE
HOUSATONIC RIVER ROAD
An unpaved thoroughfare that trends northward along the west side of the Housatonic River, upstream from Pawachtuek (the Great Falls). LEARN MORE
WACHOCASTINOOK BROOK
A picturesque stream with the Algonquin name Wachocastinook originates from mountain lakes on the Taconic Plateau, more than one thousand feet in elevation above Salisbury’s central village. LEARN MORE
WASHINEE AND WASHINING LAKES (THE TWIN LAKES)
The Twin Lakes were important landscape features and resource areas for the Native Americans of the Weatogue area. LEARN MORE
WEATOGUE AND WEATOGUE ROAD
Weatogue is a locality on the Housatonic River in the northeastern part of present-day Salisbury. LEARN MORE
WETAUWANCHU HILL
A steep-sided, wooded ridge located on the east side of Route 44, north of Salisbury’s central village. LEARN MORE
THE GREAT FALLS – PAWACHTUEK
Falls located on the Housatonic River, in Salisbury and Canaan, Connecticut. LEARN MORE
ROBBINS SWAMP
An extensive wetland complex, comprising more than 1,500 acres. The stony edifice of Canaan Mountain rises above the swamp, which is the largest freshwater wetland in Connecticut. LEARN MORE
WECHQUADNACH AND INDIAN LAKE
Indian Lake (sometimes called Indian Pond or Wechquadnach Lake) is located in the northwest corner of the Township of Sharon. LEARN MORE
MORAVIAN MONUMENT
The monument lauds the Scottish teacher and ministerial assistant David Bruce and his predecessor, the minister Joseph Powel. Bruce managed the mission to the Mohicans and other indigenous peoples at the Indian village of Wechquadnach, and was much beloved by his Christian Indian congregation. LEARN MORE
THE FOREIGN MISSION SCHOOL
The first foreign missionary school in the United States, located in Cornwall Village. LEARN MORE
THE PINNACLE
The top of a small mountain in Warren, Connecticut that provides a panoramic view of Lake Waramaug, the second largest natural lake in the state and the location of the summer village of the historic Weantinock tribe. LEARN MORE
PISHGATIKUK (PACHGATGOCH)
“Pishgatikuk” is an Eastern Algonquian word meaning “at the meeting of two waters”. LEARN MORE
SCHAGHTICOKE RESERVATION AND TRIBES
The Schaghticoke Reservation (also referred to by the name Scaticook) was created by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1736 in response to a petition by the indigenous community already living on the floodplain and terraces along the Housatonic River, and the mountain now known as Schaghticoke, adjacent to present Schaghticoke Road and the town of Kent. LEARN MORE