Hartland Hollow Traditional Cache
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Lock and Lock container at a vista that overlooks Hartland Hollow.
Adopted cache from Brywalker and SpawnAlley. Hartland is a town divided into two parts, one called East, the other West Hartland. The town is centrally divided by the east branch of the Farmington River, on which are several small tracts of alluvial, and excellent mill seats. The deep ravine or valley through which this stream passes is called Hartland Hollow, and is characterized by bold, rough, and picturesque scenery.
Hartland is one of the towns sold by the State to the inhabitants of Hartford and Windsor. The first proprietors’ meeting was holden in Hartford in 1733. The first person who lived in the town was John Kendall, who being in debt, fled from Granby. To get out of the way of his creditors, he located himself in Hartland Hollow, on the west bank of the branch of the Farmington river. Here he made himself a hut with slabs which floated down the stream from Granville, Mass. This was in 1753. While here Kendall’s wife bore a pair of twin daughters, the first white children born in the town. Kendall then stayed in the town about one year.
In 1940 the Seville Dam in Barkhamsted was completed and Hartland Hallow was consumed by the Farmington River. The village is now lost forever, and is currently underneath Barkhamsted Reservoir.
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