Tunxis - Wikipedia
WEBan Eastern Algonquian language. Religion. Traditional tribal religion. Related ethnic groups. Other Algonquian peoples. The Tunxis were a group of Quiripi speaking Connecticut Native Americans that is known to history mainly through their interactions with …
Tunxis Community College - Wikipedia
WEBConnecticut. , United States. Campus. Suburban. Website. tunxis.edu. Tunxis Community College is a public community college in Farmington, Connecticut. Opened in 1969, it is named after the Tunxis Native American Tribe and is part of the Connecticut Community Colleges system.
Common Unities: Possession, Dispossession, & Community in Tunxis …
WEBThe Tunxis, or the People Living at the Bend of the River, were the Indigenous inhabitants, from time out of mind, of Tunxis Sepos, what is now Farmington, Connecticut.
1600-1700: Brothertown Indian Parent Tribes
WEBTunxis. The Farmington Indians were the inhabitants of the Algonquian town of Farmington, CT. Before European contact, the Indians at Farmington were predominantly Tunxis. Disease and violence decimated the tribe and, by 1725, only 50 members survived.
A Brief History of Burlington, Connecticut
WEBThe last full-blooded Tunxis remaining in Farmington died in 1830. For many years after its initial settlement Farmington’s remote and heavily forested western lands, known simply as the West Woods (Present-day Burlington and …
Tunxis Trail - Wikipedia
WEBTunxis Trail. The Tunxis Trail is a 79-mile (127 km) Blue-Blazed hiking trail "system" that traverses the western ridge of the central Connecticut Valley. The mainline (official "Blue" and "non-dot") trail is not completely contiguous, notably there are two gaps of several miles (between the Southington and Burlington sections and between the ...
Farmington | Historic Town, River Valley, Colonial History
WEBEarly settlement centred on the plantation of Tunxis (Tunxes; settled 1640), which was renamed for Farmington, England, and incorporated in 1645. After the American Revolution the town underwent an industrial boom that lasted until the early 19th century.
Tunxis Trail - Wikiwand
WEBThe Tunxis Trail is a 79-mile Blue-Blazed hiking trail "system" that traverses the western ridge of the central Connecticut Valley. The mainline trail is not completely contiguous, notably there are two gaps of several miles .
Tunxis Indians » Farmington Historical Society
WEBTunxis 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. Settlement of Farmington »
Tunxis State Forest Intro - CTMQ
WEBJun 22, 2020 · Tunxis State Forest. Barkhamsted, Granby, & Hartland. Although the CFPA’s Tunxis Trail takes hikers south down to Southington, the state forest of the same name only covers land in the northernmost towns along the way. The forest surrounds the Barkhamsted Reservoir and always feels remote.
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