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founded july , , when eli lewis purchased the land north of main avenue from baptiste campbell, a half-sioux indian, and named the town after his hometown of winsted, connecticut. eli, with his brother, isaac, platted the town and proceeded to build it. using what resources he had, eli bought and dried
ginseng, the sale of which, along with the sale of ashes, was the only cash income the settlers had in those early days. he built a soap and potash factory, where he manufactured potash made from ashes of the timber that had to be burned in the clearing of the land. by the early s, winsted had a public...
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