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In 1673, a gristmill was constructed by the Farmington River, and then a fulling mill for processing homespun wool. The building is now owned by Miss Porter’s School.
Read more...Tunxis Indians
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, a sub-tribe of the Saukiogs, established a seasonal village in the meadows, where they fished, farmed, and hunted.
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