Talk:Mill River (Fairfield, Connecticut)

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Samp Mortar
Having driven Samp Mortar Road for decades, in March 2020, I found the meaning behind the road's name in the American Guide Series from 1938,

"Passing Samp Mortar Reservoir, the highway meets a side road at 2.8 [miles]", "Left on this road is Samp Mortar Rock, 0.4 [miles], a natural formation scooped out by glacial movements, which was used by the Indians to grind their corn. The great stone pestle, fashioned by the local tribe for use with the mortar, has been removed to the Peabody Museum in New Haven for preservation. From the summit of this hill are splendid views of the surrounding countryside."

Samp comes from: "According to the American Heritage dictionary (4th edition), "samp" is of Native American origin, coming from the Narragansett word "nasàump." New Englanders since early colonial times have referred to cornmeal mush or cereal as "samp.""

While plant samples were collected in both the 19th and 20th centuries from Samp Mortar Rock, the pestle mentioned in the 1938 guide seems uncatalogued versus the many pestles from Connecticut County and Fairfield in the museum collection.

1967 Samp Mortar Lase zoning case
A 1967 case on rezoning a section of Samp Mortar Lake from industrial to residential was decided by the Connecticut Supreme Court. Lent (talk) 05:34, 1 November 2021 (UTC)