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Farmington History Quiz
Farmington History Quiz, by Carol Leonard
Answers to quiz.
1. Who were the seven pillars?
First
Church of Christ
2. Can you
name five founding families of Farmington?
Gravestone, Memento Mori cemetery
3. Where did the Tunxis Indians move to from Farmington?
4. Who was Sarah Porter's father and what did he do? And her brother?
Memorial, First Church of Christ
5. What famous furniture maker is buried in Riverside Cemetery? What
playwright?
Company catalog
6. Can you name three manufacturing industries in Unionville?
7. What distinguished restaurant is located in a former streetcar barn? In an
ancient mill?
Painting
by Frank Munson, 1956
8. What was the original name of Unionville?
Unionville
town green
9. Name three Underground Railroad hiding places in Farmington Village.
House on Main Street
10. Which park is named for a hero of the 1955 flood and what did he do?
Plaque
at park, Unionville
11. Where can you find traces of the Farmington Canal?
Drawing
of construction of Farmington Canal
Canal
towpath
Answers to quiz.
Photos, except chair company catalog, by Brooke E. Martin.
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