The agricultural communities of what now comprise<br><br>Parsippany-Troy Hills were settled in the mid-eighteenth<br><br>century, but time has destroyed many of the artifacts of the<br><br>area's early years. Evidence of rock shelters that were used by<br><br>the Lenni-Lenape Indians is still present, but the farms that<br><br>once existed have been replaced by modern developments.<br><br>Lake Passaic, formed by a receding ancient glacier, once<br><br>covered Parsippany-Troy Hills. This geological phenomenon<br><br>left behind fascinating rock formations and a rich, fertile soil.<br><br>The Baldwins, Smiths, Farrands, Bateses, Condits, Mitchells,<br><br>Howells, Cobbs, Ogdens, Kitchells, and Motts are prominent<br><br>families who worked the land together to lay the economic<br><br>and cultural foundations of these early communities.