The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . yielded stone arrow-points to many curiosity-hunters;and they have been found, too, in large numbers along the river-bank 336 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. on the north side of the village. Stone axes, samp-bowls, and otherrelics have also been found ; and many bones were uncovered when thecanal was being dug. The last Indian who lived in this section wasnamed Cronx, and the land where his hut stood still bears his name. The rich bottom-lands of the Tunxis valley attracted and held thefirst settlers ; and the outside lan
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . yielded stone arrow-points to many curiosity-hunters;and they have been found, too, in large numbers along the river-bank 336 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. on the north side of the village. Stone axes, samp-bowls, and otherrelics have also been found ; and many bones were uncovered when thecanal was being dug. The last Indian who lived in this section wasnamed Cronx, and the land where his hut stood still bears his name. The rich bottom-lands of the Tunxis valley attracted and held thefirst settlers ; and the outside lands, like the Great Plain, being lessfertile, were mapped off into divisions, and these into small sections,which were allotted by vote to settlers, on condition that they wouldpay the taxes for a number of years. Thus these lands fell to manyproprietors, and few settlers located upon them, as the lands of theeast and west border were preferred. The western slope was calledRed Stone Hill, from the quantities of broken red sandstone A\hich lie - -•Uii-^.i-^ii^.. THE OLD ROOT PLACE. there. It was thereabouts that the Hookers, Curtises, Roots, Bishops,Twinings, Phinneys, Richardses, Morses, and others settled. To agri-culture was early added the manufacture of tin and japanned ware, andRed Stone Hill was for years the centre of this industry. This sectionreceived further importance in 1778, when Samuel Deming, of Farming-ton, bought a section of land on the Pequabuck River and built a saw-mill and grist-mill there, near the present site of the hame-works ofEdwin Hills. This property was subsequently owned by the Roots, whoadded wool-carding and the manufacture of cloth to the other occupa-tions. They were descendants of John Root, who built the old Root^ • Place, now owned by E. N. Pierce. (i]^A/p ^^ /7/ *A-v ^^1- Root was one of the first set- \J ^^^ /l^^/nA/V^^yL^ tiers on the Great Plain proper. In 1784 John Hamlin for £30bought 6 acres 16 rods, at White Oak, as the eastern
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