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== History == The region was visited by the explorers [[Robert de La Salle]] and [[René de Bréhant de Galinée]] in 1669 in order to observe a [[Burning Springs (disambiguation)|burning spring]] known to the area's indigenous members of the [[Seneca tribe]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Milliken |first=Charles F. |date=1911 |title=A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People, Volume 1 |url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryontario00millgoog|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryontario00millgoog/page/n246 229]–230 |access-date= January 20, 2015}}</ref> Such "burning springs" occur in places where the water appears to support a flame caused by escaping [[natural gas]]. The [[Sullivan Expedition]] destroyed native villages as it passed through Bristol in 1779. Some of the soldiers were impressed with the area and later returned to buy land. The town area was first settled around 1788. The town of Bristol was formed in 1789, but the first town meeting was not held until 1797. In 1838 part of the town was used to form the [[South Bristol, New York|town of South Bristol]].
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