"Wilderness"

Recommendations: When you get to Great Hill Road, look to the left for a view to the west and north (you may have to go down the hill a little way). On a clear day you can see the hills beyond the Housatonic River Valley and into New York State. Bring a snack - stop at the intersection of Flat Rocks Rd. and College St., or when you cross a very tiny Shepaug River near the end of College Street.

The northwest section of Litchfield was once called Blue Swamp because of the abundance of Tamaracks. In 1753, pig iron was smelted in Milton.

Mohawk Mountain was one of the many lookout and bonfire vantage points for the local Algonquian tribes who had banded together in defense against the Mohawk Indians. Their sachem was Chief Waramaug.

Cornwall and Warren were once Mohican hunting grounds.

Warren was settled in 1737 as part of Kent. It was named East Greenwich upon separation from Kent in 1750. Like Litchfield, the population went down as agriculture and the iron industry declined in the area in the nineteenth century.

In 1731, 300 acres in Cornwall were set aside for Yale College, hence College Road. The first white settlers purchased the land at auction in 1738. There were 40 families. By 1760 there were 500-600 residents.

The Mohawk Trail, which diverges from the Appalachian Trail in Canaan goes through the Cornwall forests.

More Algonquian words:
Housatonic means "beyond the mountains".
Appalachian means "people of the other side".