The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (a federally designated National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts) tells the stories of the people and the land here, past and present and future.
Housatonic Heritage gives resources for exploring the river in many ways — biking and hiking and swimming. They map sources for arts and writing, gardens and historic sites, and they work with many local communities and creative places to share their experiences.
They have collaborated in Native
walking tours curated by the Stockbridge Munsee community of the Mohican nation, oral histories of the Black Berkshire community with the W.E.B. DuBois Freedom Center, the African American Heritage Trail, the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College and more.
A croissant from Berkshire Mountain Bakery rests on a table in the sun on the bank of the Housatonic River.
The Housatonic River reflects overhanging branches in the golden hour in Stockbridge.
Berkshire Mountain Bakery offers fresh sourdough bread near the bank of the Housatonic River.
Maples turn deep gold along the Housatonic River.
An ensemble of young choreographers performs their own work at Berkshire Pulse in Housatonic. Photo by Susan Quinn
Bonney Hartley, historic preservation manager for the Stockbridge Munsee community of the Mohican Nation, and a team of volunteers work at a dig at the site of the 1783 Ox Roast in Stockbridge. Press photo courtesy of the Mohican nation.
Dennis Powell stands by the stone memorial in the W.E.B. DuBois garden along the River Walk.
The Clinton Church welcomes the community after a tribute to W.E.B. DuBois at the River Walk.
A massive, tapered stone marks a memorial to W.E.B. Dubois at the National Historic Site of his boyhood home in Great Barrington.
