Bear Mountain
Connecticut
May 2014
Back to Bear Mountain, almost the highest point in the state of Connecticut.
Hark: The last bear in this neighborhood was shot in 1821, I’m told. So maybe the mountain is not named after a bear. Maybe it was named after being bare. And since the area was bare — cleared clean by fire and logging — and since we are a careless lot with our language, the name is now Bear. That’s the best I got.