Dig resurrects a feud over which town is a state's oldest

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An archaeological dig is rekindling a feud between two towns over which was the first in Connecticut.

Experts have unearthed artifacts they believe date to the 1630s in Wethersfield, where town signs declare it the state's "most ancient," founded in 1634.

But a few miles up the Connecticut River to the north, Windsor boasts it is the state's "first town," settled in 1633.

The long-running dispute on which was the first English settlement in Connecticut centres on how you define "town."
"We have been able to document the lives of the people who live here."
"We maintain that Windsor really is the earliest European settlement. They helped the Native Americans. They helped some of the traders going to Wethersfield."