For more information on the Tunxis who lived in this region when the Europeans arrived, please visit the websites listed below. This tribe was located for thousands of years in a large area of the Farmington Valley before Avon was created.  The Tunxis left the area in the 18^th century to join the Brothertown Indian Nation in Wisconsin.

https://digitalfarmington.org/tunxis-genealogy/

https://teachitct.org/lessons/trade-between-the-tunxis-and-the-english-in-the-1700s/

https://www.nativenortheastportal.com/sarah-towsey-tunxis-woman-and-her-people

https://brothertownindians.org/history/