The Housatonic River (/ˌhuːsəˈtɒnɪk/ HOOS-ə-TON-ik) is a river, approximately 149 miles (240 km) long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut...
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The population was 1,109 at the 2010 census. It was named after the Housatonic River. The village formed in the early 1800s around textile and paper mills...
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the Hudson River. In 1999, the company agreed to pay a $250 million settlement in connection with claims it polluted the Housatonic River (at Pittsfield...
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Housatonic may refer to: Housatonic, Massachusetts, a census-designated place in the town of Great Barrington Housatonic River, a river in western Massachusetts...
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts (section Housatonic River)
agricultural area because of the many brooks that flowed into the Housatonic River; the landscape was dotted with mills that produced lumber, grist, paper...
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Green River Williams River Hop Brook Mad River West Branch Housatonic River Southwest Branch Housatonic River East Branch Housatonic River Hudson River (New...
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The Still River is a 25.4-mile-long (40.9 km) tributary to the Housatonic River in western Connecticut. The Still River headwaters emanate from Farrington's...
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Mohicans (redirect from Housatonic people)
York, developed) and into western New England centered on the upper Housatonic River watershed. After 1680, due to conflicts with the powerful Mohawk to...
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USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on...
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Berkshires (section Rivers)
the range of hills in Massachusetts that lie between the Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers. Highlands of northwest Connecticut may be seen as part of...
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within the boundaries of Kent in Litchfield County, to the west of the Housatonic River. The land is held in trust by the state for the tribe. In 1986, the...
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ships of the United States Navy have been named Housatonic after the Housatonic River. USS Housatonic (1861), was a sloop-of-war launched 20 November...
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Milford lies 14 miles (23 km) north of Danbury on the banks of the Housatonic River, and shares its border with the northeastern shore of Candlewood Lake...
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Ohio River Green River (Housatonic River tributary), a tributary of the Housatonic River in Massachusetts and New York Green River (Hoosic River tributary)...
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formed behind a hydroelectric dam south of the Rocky River's junction with the Housatonic River in New Milford. Similar to a giant battery, its main purpose...
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Greater Danbury (redirect from Housatonic Valley Region)
city of Danbury and adjacent towns in the areas around the Housatonic River and the Still River. The area is also home to Candlewood Lake, the largest lake...
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Manhattan and rents an isolated cottage in Kent, Connecticut near the Housatonic River in the Litchfield County countryside to write her first novel. The...
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United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, and the...
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Mahicans, Algonquian speakers who largely lived along the Hudson and Housatonic Rivers. Hostilities during the French and Indian Wars discouraged settlement...
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Great Falls is a waterfall formed along the Housatonic River at Falls Village in the town of Canaan amidst Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Great Falls...
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of trail lie almost entirely along the ridges to the west above the Housatonic River valley. The state line is also the western boundary of a 480 acres...
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Indian River (Milford) Wepawaug River Housatonic River Farmill River Naugatuck River Mad River Halfway River Pomperaug River Nonnewaug River Weekeepeemee...
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Peconic River Little River Housatonic River (CT) Tenmile River Swamp River Mill River Webatuck Creek Green River Norwalk River (CT) Silvermine River Rippowam...
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Westfield, who arrived in 1725. But New York claimed the land west of the Housatonic River under the Westenhook Patent, dated July 11, 1705, and insisted that...
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towns of Kent and Sherman for one-half mile before flowing into the Housatonic River. This is a popular whitewater paddling destination with mostly quickwater...
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pollution to the Housatonic River. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated the Pittsfield plant and several miles of the Housatonic as a Superfund...
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southern edge of the CDP and accesses it via Turnpike Exit 2. The Housatonic River flows north to south through the center of the CDP. According to the...
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trails they built in the area; in the summers, they canoed down the Housatonic River. Horse riding camps for children were also held on the site. Dudleytown...
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facility located in Stratford, Connecticut, where it was sited along the Housatonic River and Main Street, opposite Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Prior to 1927...
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north of the New Milford village, just north of the straits on the Housatonic River. He began taking title to parcels of it, and soon owned a large part...
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