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A BRIEF HISTORY OF BURLINGTON, CONNECTICUT
- by Clifford Thomas Alderman
The first human inhabitants of present-day Burlington were members of the Tunxis Tribe, who belonged to a confederation of Algonquian Indians. Legend holds they used the area as a hunting ground.
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