The English-speaking people who first wrote "Taconic" on a map may have written down the word as they heard a Lenape speaker say it. Colonial spellers, even the few who could read well, tended to ...

It is atop the Taconic Mountain range that is found the highest point in Dutchess County — Brace Mountain, at 2,311 feet; the tri-state boundary marker of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts ...

Berlin Mountain is distinctively pyramidal in the Taconic Range silhouette. The shape means a steep climb, especially up the '33 Trail from Berlin Road on the Massachusetts side. It also means a broad ...