From Town Histories: Hartford County by James Hammond Trumbull (published in 1886) a rich description: “At the southeast shore of the Cove the red sandstone shale crops out forming The Rocks at that point. Here is a good field for the study of ichnology. It has been explored by some geologists notably the two Hitchcocks. father and son. and primeval footprints taken thence enrich the cabinets of Amherst and perhaps other colleges. Among the specimens of rocks collected by Professor Shepard in 1837 in Wethersfield. the following may be mentioned: mica, slate, red marl, slate, bituminous slate, greenstone trap, and datholite.” Continue Reading →