Dig seeks to settle feud over which town is a state’s oldest
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — An archaeological dig is rekindling a friendly feud between two towns over which was the first in Connecticut.
Experts have unearthed artifacts they believe date to the 1630s in Wethersfield, which has declared itself the state’s “most ancient town,” founded in 1634.
But a few miles north, Windsor boasts it is the state’s “first town” settled in 1633. Wethersfield advocates concede there was a trading post in Windsor in 1633, b
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