We're standing in Heritage State Park in Fall River.

We are.

Battleship Cove is right in front of us.

There's the USS Massachusetts, and there's the USS lionfish, and there's the USS Joseph B. Kennedy, Jr. out there on the water.

You know they're part of the museum now. People can visit any time.

Right. All true. And to our left part of the museum now. People can visit any time. Right.

All true. And to our left is where the Quikishan River spills into the cove. There's not much of the Quikishan these days. It's mostly been covered up by the city of Fall River. So the word Quikishan is an Algonquin word that means falling river. Got it. Well, I'm guessing that's where we get the name Fall River today.

That's where we get it.

So the reason we're here is because word that means falling river. Got it. Well, I'm guessing that's where we get the name Fall River today.

That's where we get it. So the reason we're here is because up on that hill behind us,

there was once an enchanted and haunted shack of a house that was said to be home to a witch.

We're here to search for the old crone of the Quikishan.

Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 410 of the New England Legends podcast.

And I'm Ray Osier. Thank you for joining us on our mission to Chronicle Every Legend in New England one story at a time.

Did you know most of our story leads come from you?

This one did. Thanks to Shane Camber for emailing us through our website. If you've got a story you think we should check out, you can do the same thing. We love hearing from you. We'll search for the old crone of the Quikishan, right after this word from our sponsor. This region was inhabited for many centuries by the Pocasset Wampanog. After Plymouth Colony was settled in 1620,

eventually some of those colonists made their way down to Freetown and settled at Asanid Bay. As the

decades passed, the Quikashan River turned into an engine that powered dozens of mills. Given the

close proximity to the ocean, the raw materials

could come in and the produced goods could go out. Fall River prospered. It did. And it's in

close proximity to one of these old mills that we first learn about this enchanted cabin,

said to be home to a witch of a woman who would cast her spells inside. So let's head back to the year 1845 and look for the old crone of the Quicachian.

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