Israel Putnam biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Israel Putnam

Author Name:

Israel Putnam

Born As:

Other Names:

Israel Putnam

Born:

07 Jan 1718

Died:

29 May 1790




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Army General, Freemason and Christian                          
                          
Parents Joseph and Elizabeth Putnam                          
                          
Oral tradition in northeastern Connecticut claims that, in his youth, Putnam - with the help of a group of farmers from Mortlake - killed the last wolf in Connecticut. The tradition describes Putnam crawling into a tiny den with a torch, a musket, and his feet secured with rope as to be quickly pulled out of the den. He allegedly killed the she-wolf, making sheep farming in Mortlake safe. There is a section of the Mashamoquet Brook State Park in modern day Pomfret named "Wolf Den" - which includes the 'den' itself, as well as a "Wolf Den Road" in Brooklyn, Connecticut. - Wikipedia.

Mural "The Life and Times of General Israel Putnam of Connecticut" was seen as  too violent. Aiming his musket at wolves while all around him, Native Americans hurl tomahawks and men armed with guns and knives tussle. It hung in the  gymnasium of Hamilton Avenue School for 60 years. It was removed in 1998, and is now located in Maine.