Pomfret in the Revolution

Putnam's farm & the Wolf Den. Tier 2 - One sourced story.

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[Verified] Israel Putnam was farming in Pomfret when news of Lexington arrived; legend says he left his plough standing in the furrow and rode roughly 100 miles to Cambridge. - ConnecticutHistory.org

[Tradition] As a younger man Putnam crawled into a wolf's den in Pomfret to kill the last wolf in Connecticut - the 'Wolf Den' is now a state landmark. - CT DEEP

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