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Searching for the lost village of Punkintown

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Dianne Fallon

In the 1920s, unmarried sisters Mary and Almira Payne reportedly were the last residents of Eliot’s Punkintown, a small community of 10 or so families who once lived near the outlet of York Pond. One town history relates Mary had no legs … Continue reading →

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