Editing Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
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The area known as Toughkenamon was originally inhabited by [[Lenape]] Native Americans who spoke [[Unami language|Unami]].<ref>Grumet, R.S.(2014). www.nysm.nysed.gov. Retrieved from http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/common/nysm/files/nysmrecord-vol5-1.pdf</ref> In the original survey, in 1700, the surveyor notes that he crossed the Dochcanamon Hill.  Other forms of spelling this name were used, such as Tokenamon, Taukenamon, Taughlikenemon.

Thomas and Mary Rowland settled in the valley, near the present village of Toughkenamon, in 1706, being perhaps the first settlers who purchased lands in [[New Garden Township, Pennsylvania|New Garden Township]].  They came to the township from old [[Aston Township, Pennsylvania|Ashton Township]], old [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], now in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]].

Toughkenamon has been of significant importance in the development of the United States. First, the characteristics of the interactions between settlers and Lenapes was a microcosm of the conflicts that would occur in the future. For example, the farmers dug trenches around their crops, and filled them with water, to prevent reoccurrence of the conflagration that occurred when local Lenapes started a burn. The fact that the original Toughkenamon settlers maintained water-filled trenches is evidence that they had dialogue and an understanding of the importance of the burn. The traditional burn was an ancient way to increase yields of local grains and tubers, and increase the deer population. But later settlers no longer interacted with the departed tribe, so falsely assumed the burns had been solely aimed at destroying their ancestors' crops, adding to mistrust of remaining Native-American families in nearby counties.

Toughkenamon Hill has been quarried for centuries.

In later centuries Toughkenamon was considered a village. It was an early industrial center due to its strategic location on the old Baltimore Pike between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., easy access to raw materials such as wood, water and ore. Even today, businesses critical to national wholesale distribution of perishable foods are located in and near Toughkenamon.