History:

The history of the Pequonnock River Valley can be told throught its geology or archaeology which brings us back millions of years ago. My web server has given me only one meg so another alternative would be to start the history of the Pequonnock River Valley in 1836. Andrew Tait will build a paper and strawboard mill along the Pequonnock and in that same year a charter was granted to Enoch Foote, William Peet and William C. Stirling for the creation of the Housatonic Railroad. This railroad would link Bridgeport to New Milford along the Housatonic Valley. Just north of Bridgeport the railway would travel alnong the Pequonnock River in what would be called the Pequonnock River Valley.