Williams River (Vermont)

[3] His text was from Lamentations 1:18: "Hear now, all peoples, And behold my sorrow; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.

[5] The Williams River rises in the northern part of the town of Andover and flows east through a corner of Ludlow and into Chester, where it turns southeast.

[2][6] The lower part of Petty Brook (in Bartonsville) was the mainstem of the river until a flood in 1869 changed its course.

Below those bridges, it flows over Sokoki Falls, named for the local band of the Abenaki,[8] and through Brockways Mills Gorge.

The river is a target for prospectors who can be seen panning for placer gold, south of the Town of Ludlow, near the site of the Rio Tinto open-pit talc mine.

Sokoki Falls as seen from the Green Mountain Flyer excursion train. On the Williams River in Rockingham, VT.
Brockways Mills Gorge, just below Sokoki Falls, as seen from the Green Mountain Flyer excursion train. On the Williams River in Rockingham, VT.
The new Bartonsville covered bridge, taken from the Green Mountain Flyer excursion train, on the south side of the Williams River.
John Williams memorial dedication in 1912 in Rockingham, VT, near the mouth of the Williams River, just north of the intersection of Rts. 5 & 103