Simsbury

Hartford County · dedicated 1970 · location approximate

SIMSBURY (MASSACO PLANTATION) Manufactory for tar, pitch and turpentine established here in 1642. Destroyed by fire of Indian origin in 1647. Local tribal lands were deeded as reparation. Named Simsbury in 1670 and granted town privileges by the General Court of the Colonie of Connecticut. Burned by hostile Indians March 26, 1676. Reconstruction commenced in the Spring of 1677. HERE BEGAN Copper Mining and Smelting 1705 Manufacture of Steel 1727 Copper Coinage 1737 Safety Fuse 1836 Silver Plating of spoons and forks 1845

Text transcribed from the cast town markers erected under Connecticut's town historical marker program in the 1970s and early 1980s. Presented as a historical record.

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