Farmington’s history begins in the meadows by the Farmington River — fertile land that the Native Americans called Tunxis Sepus (“at the bend of the little river”). The Tunxis Indians, ...
Join us at Porter Memorial Hall on Sunday, October 21st at 3:00 pm for an exciting program featuring Farmington’s own Paul Kix, author of the New York Times critically acclaimed book The Saboteur, and Thomas Bissell, son of Richard M. Bissell, Jr., former Deputy Director of the CIA, discussing clandestine operations during World War II. Thomas, who grew up in Farmington, will draw from his father’s memoir, Reflections of a Cold Warrior: From Yalta to the Bay of Pigs. Refreshments will be served.