About Us Fall River lies in an area where the Taunton River flows into the Mount Hope Bay. The Quequechan River flows through the city. The city's name comes from Falling Water, the translation of Quequechan, a Native American name. Settlers from Plymouth Colony purchased part of what is now Fall River from the Wampanoags, a Native American tribe, in 1659. In the Battle of Fall River, fought in...