Landforms of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Lakes of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Rivers of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Lakes of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Rivers of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Charles River, Merrimack River, Egg Rock, Vine Brook, Concord River, Mystic River, Malden River, Lake Cochituate, Nashua River Watershed, Spy Pond, Dug Pond, Fresh Pond, Lake Boon, Walden Pond, Mystic Lakes, Assabet River, Mount Watatic, Weston Reservoir, Pawtucket Falls, Ipswich River, Wapack Range, Shawsheen River, Lake Quannapowitt, Sudbury River, Stony Brook, Mill River, Bullough's Pond, Sawins pond, Squannacook River, Waitt's Mountain, Clay Pit Pond, Nobscot Hill, Crystal Lake, Salmon Brook, Skug River, Nissitissit River, Beaver Brook, Hardy Pond, Lost Lake, Millers River. Excerpt: Egg Rock - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Egg Rock Photo of Egg Rock inscription, about 1900On the hill Nashawtuckat the meeting of the riversand along the bankslived the Indian owners ofMusketaquidbefore the white men came The significance of the inscription would have been clear to most people familiar with local lore at the time it was carved, although it may seem cryptic now to many people who are unfamiliar with Concord's history and geography. The native Massachusett tribe used the Algonquian name Musketaquid for the surrounding area and its riverside meadows; the Algonquian word for grass is muskeht. The Concord River and even the town of Concord were often called Musketaquid by writers in the nineteenth century, as may be noted in Henry David Thoreau's comment quoted below. The principal local settlement of the Massachusett tribe which remained in 1635 (after plague decimated the original population in the preceding two decades) was nearby on the gentle slopes of Nash...