Editor's note: This story has been archived and a portion of it moved and updated here.

Note: For other pages from the COVID-19 era, simply page back and forth using the bottom of page or search function. For another facet of the Venture Smith story, see this link to a feature about the late Whit Davis and this one to a walk through time. Check out our Resources pages for helpful listings and people with integrity who can provide guidance and other networks. More about IAIS Museum, formerly the American Indian Archaeological Institute (AIAI) incorporated in 1975 as an “outgrowth of local efforts to recover New England's then-largely-unknown indigenous history.” Always reading. Books in review include Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food by Gina Rae La Cerva; On the Edge of Uncertainty: The Siege and Battles of Saybrook Fort During the Pequot War 1636-1637 by James To Powers.

And thank you to the phone call on June 11 from reader of a story done about Central Connecticut Arms, as torrential rain poured down. Enjoyed the conversation, talk of dogs, horses, and the reminder of east of the river, East Haddam.

For those who may missed a story from Saybrook Point:

Before there was a Cornfield Point in Old Saybrook, there was a field of corn. The goal was to feed a small group of people determined to stake a claim to a river bluff in the wilderness centuries ago.