Coos

Coos is a northern country of forest, mountains and the headwaters of the Connecticut River. Its name comes from a Cowasuck word meaning “small pines.” During the American Revolution, settlers of Coos raised Bedel's Regiment and Whitcomb's Rangers for the Continental Army. The northern boundary remained disputed after the peace of 1783, and inhabitants of Indian Stream maintained a separate republic for a few years before 1835.