. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. Indians, traveling through Con-neclicut in i6.;3, brought someblack lead ore, of which ihe Indianssaid there was a whole ipiarry. In1657 the Tunxis Indians sold lo Wil-liam Lewis and Samuel Steele thehill from wdiencc John Standly andJohn .drews brought the black all the land within eight miles ofthat hill on every side. I he saleof this hill was confirmed by deed ofPethnzo and Toxcronnock in famous hill, with all its treasure,has disappeared from view as coni-plelely as the fabled island of .-\ so
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. Indians, traveling through Con-neclicut in i6.;3, brought someblack lead ore, of which ihe Indianssaid there was a whole ipiarry. In1657 the Tunxis Indians sold lo Wil-liam Lewis and Samuel Steele thehill from wdiencc John Standly andJohn .drews brought the black all the land within eight miles ofthat hill on every side. I he saleof this hill was confirmed by deed ofPethnzo and Toxcronnock in famous hill, with all its treasure,has disappeared from view as coni-plelely as the fabled island of .-\ sought, never found. The M. Chipnian. in his History ofllarwinton, is authority for ihe state-nieul sundry citizens of vicinity, to the number of livehundred, headed by three venerableclergymen, on a day appointeil, re-paired to the woods supposed lo con-lain the black lead, and, forming along line, marched all day after of beating the woods for game,to make sure of llie discovery of the 104 FARMINGTON. I III. iici\\ iiiii^ Il \M i:iiihiAi I 111 iKwi, i!_ Tl;^.
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