D.+Litchfield+County

** ﻿ Locations with * denote field trips the school went on last year. **  **The Institute for American Indian Studies** (Washington/Litchfield Hills) This site contains an authentically reproduced Algonquin village that shows the various types of shelters from wigwams to longhouses to rock shelters. The site also shows how Connecticut’s Native Americans used the shelters and how they grew corn, beans and squash. There also is a simulated archaeological site and a museum of woodsplint baskets, bone combs, pots, artifacts and art from 10,000 years of Algonquin habitation. Native artists and craftspeople perform demonstrations and workshops. [|www.birdstone.org]

**Housatonic Range Trail** (New Milford North of Route 7 860-567-4506) This 8-mile trail follows the route of an old Indian trail along the hills above of the Housatonic River. There are several caves to explore along the way, including Tories’ Cave, a cave which is supposed to have sheltered Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. There also are great views of Candlewood Lake. Students may find some steep climbs and have to scramble over some boulders.

**Litchfield Historical Society Museum**

**Tapping Reeve House and Law School** This was America’s first law school and was founded in 1784. It now is an interpretive museum that re-creates the environment of an 18th century law student. [|www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org]