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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"Silt from rivers and streams washed into low-lying, protected tidal estuaries and began to build up."

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1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Clay left behind from the silt of the rising and ebbing river waters allowed Farmington to have two brickyards in the 1870’s."