Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . evergreendistrict of the state, and is hilly and mountainous. Its geological char-acter is primitive, the rocks and stones consisting of granite, mica slate,and other primitive formations ; the soil is a hard, coarse, gravelly lands afford very good grazing, and the making of butter and cheeseconstitutes the principal agricultural interest in th
Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . evergreendistrict of the state, and is hilly and mountainous. Its geological char-acter is primitive, the rocks and stones consisting of granite, mica slate,and other primitive formations ; the soil is a hard, coarse, gravelly lands afford very good grazing, and the making of butter and cheeseconstitutes the principal agricultural interest in the town. There are 4houses of worship, 2 Congregational, 1 Methodist, and 1 Universalist. The borough of Clifton, (formerly Winsted, West village,) in thetown of Winchester, was incorporated in 1832. It is a flourishing vil-lage, consisting of about 60 or 70 dwelling houses, and 4 mercantilestores. The village is principally built in a narrow valley, on the banksof a mill stream, called Mad river, which is a tributary of Farmingtonriver. The valley at this place is but barely of sufficient width to ad-mit of a street, with buildings on each side, the ground rising immedi- * Kettells Specimens of American Poetry, vol. 1. 502 North vieio of Clifton, Winchester. ately on every direction. Westward of the main street in the village,a road passes up a steep hill for nearly a quarter of a mile, where, uponan elevated plain, is an interesting lake or pond, which is one of thelargest hodies of water in the state, being 3^ miles in length and threefourths of a mile in breadth. The outlet of this lake presents a novelscene ; it consists of a small stream, compressed within a narrow chan-nel, and literally tossed from rock to rock till it unites with Mad of the manufacturing establishments in the village are situated onthis outlet, upon which there are some of the best natural sites for hy-draulic works in the state. In this village are four large sythe facto-ries, 1
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