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Samp Mortar[edit]

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.^[1]

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 ^[2], the pestle mentioned in the 1938 guide seems uncatalogued versus the many pestles from Connecticut County ^[3] and Fairfield^[4] in the museum collection.

1967 Samp Mortar Lase zoning case[edit]

A 1967 case on rezoning a section of Samp Mortar Lake from industrial to residential was decided by the Connecticut Supreme Court.^[5] Lent (talk) 05:34, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Low Roads and High Roads: Tour 1B: From Bridgeport to Junction with US 202". Connecticut : a guide to its roads, lore, and people. Boston. 1938. pp. 352–353.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Search Results - samp mortar". collections.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
^ "Search Results - (All Fields:pestle AND State/Province:Connecticut)". collections.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
^ "Search Results - (All Fields:pestle AND County/Parish:Fairfield)". collections.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
^ "Samp Mortar Lake Co. v. Town Plan & Zoning Commission". Justia Law. Retrieved 2021-11-01.

[1] "Low Roads and High Roads: Tour 1B: From Bridgeport to Junction with US 202". Connecticut : a guide to its roads, lore, and people. Boston. 1938. pp. 352–353.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] "Search Results - samp mortar". collections.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[3] "Search Results - (All Fields:pestle AND State/Province:Connecticut)". collections.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[4] "Search Results - (All Fields:pestle AND County/Parish:Fairfield)". collections.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[5] "Samp Mortar Lake Co. v. Town Plan & Zoning Commission". Justia Law. Retrieved 2021-11-01.

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