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Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790), popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). He also served as an officer with Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), when he was captured by Mohawk people, Mohawk warriors. He was saved from the ritual burning given to enemies by the intervention of French officer Molang, with whom the Mohawks were allied. Putnam's courage and fighting spirit became known far beyond his home of Connecticut's borders through the circulation of folk legends in the American colonies and states celebrating his exploits. Early life Putnam was born in 1718 in Salem Village, Massachusetts (now Danvers, Massachusetts, Danvers) to Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam, a prosperous farming Putnam family. His parents had opposed the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. Putnam moved west in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Danvers, Massachusetts
Danvers is a New England town, town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the Danvers River near the northeastern coast of Massachusetts. The suburb is a fairly short ride from Boston and is also in close proximity to the beaches of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Gloucester, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Ipswich and Revere, Massachusetts, Revere. Originally known as Salem Village, the town is most widely known for its association with the 1692 Salem witch trials. It was also the site of Danvers State Hospital, one of the state's 19th-century psychiatric hospitals. Danvers is a local center of commerce, hosting many car dealerships and the Liberty Tree Mall. As of the 2020 United States Census, the town's population was 28,087. History Pre-Columbian era The area was long settled by indigenous cultures of Native Americans. In the historic period, the Massachusett, a tribe of the Pequot language family, dominated the area. The land that is now Danvers was once owned by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rogers Island (New York)
Rogers Island is an island on the Hudson River, in Washington County, New York, that once formed part of the third largest "city" in colonial North America, and is considered the "spiritual home" of the United States Special Operations Forces, particularly the United States Army Rangers.Rogers Island Visitors' Center retrieved on March 10, 2007 Geography Rogers Island is located in the middle of the Hudson River, in the south-western area of . It is a part of the Village of Fort Edward, which its ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fort Edward (village), New York
Fort Edward is a village in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village population was 3,375 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the younger brother of King George III, Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany. The village is part of the town of Fort Edward, which contains the county seat of Washington County just north of the village limits.Washington County, New York Retrieved January 14, 2015. History Early history Fort Edward has been strategically important during its long and illustrious history, for it commands the and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Rogers (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rogers (7 November 1731 – 18 May 1795) was a British Army officer and frontiersman. Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, he fought in King George's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. During the French and Indian War, Rogers raised and commanded Rogers' Rangers, a ranger unit trained for carrying out asymmetric warfare. Early life Robert Rogers was born to Ulster-Scots settlers, James and Mary McFatridge Rogers on 7 November 1731 in Methuen, a small town in northeastern Massachusetts. At that time, the town was a staging point for Scots-Irish settlers bound for the wilderness of New Hampshire. In 1739 when Rogers was eight years old, his family relocated to the Great Meadow district of New Hampshire near present-day Concord, where James founded a settlement on of land which he called Munterloney, after a hilly place in County Londonderry, Ireland. Rogers referred to this childhood residence as "Mountalona". It was la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bragg
Bragg may refer to: Places *Bragg City, Missouri, United States * Bragg, Texas, a ghost town, United States * Bragg, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States *Electoral district of Bragg, a state electoral district in South Australia, Australia * Mount Bragg, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica * Bragg Islands, Graham Land, Antarctica * Bragg (crater), a crater on the Moon People and fictional characters * Bragg (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Dobby Bragg, a pseudonym of American blues musician Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983) Other uses * Bragg Institute, former name of the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, a neutron and X-ray scattering group in Australia * Bragg Communications, a Canadian cable television provider *Bragg Live Food Products, Inc, a health food company started by Paul Bragg * Bragg Memorial Stadium, a football stadium in Tallahassee, Florida See also *Bragg Box, a type of traveling museum exhibit invente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Israel Putnam Wolf Den
Israel Putnam Wolf Den is a historic site off Wolf Den Road in Pomfret, Connecticut, Pomfret, Connecticut. At this location in 1742, Israel Putnam shot and killed Connecticut's last known wolf. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Legend A version of the legend, documented in a 1788 biography by David Humphreys (soldier), David Humphreys, holds that Putnam and others tracked a wolf to the cave after it had killed seventy sheep on Putnam's farm. Putnam entered the cave by torch light, shot the wolf, and was pulled from the cave by a rope tied to his ankles, dragging the wolf behind him. The story has possibly been embellished over the years, but the main themes of the story, the cave and wolf, are believed to be factual by most Putnam biographers.Putnam, Daniel. ''The Life of Gen. Israel Putnam,'' pp. 7-10, Mack & Andrus, Ithaca, New York, 1834. The exploit was part of the early career of Putnam, who went on to become an officer in the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mashamoquet Brook State Park
Mashamoquet Brook State Park ( ) is a public recreation area in the town of Pomfret, Connecticut. Notable features of the state park include the Wolf Den national historic site, the Brayton Grist Mill, and the Table Rock and Indian Chair natural stone formations. The state park offers facilities for camping, swimming, fishing, and picnicking. It is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. History Mashamoquet Brook first came to the attention of the State Park Commission when former Pomfret resident Sarah Fay donated eleven and a half acres of the stream's hemlock-lined gorge to the state in 1918. In 1925, that parcel was combined with the Wolf Den, site of Israel Putnam's legendary wolf slaying, which the Daughters of the American Revolution The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tarbox
Tarbox is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Barb Tarbox (1961–2003), Canadian activist * Charles Tarbox (1891–1978), English cricketer * E. D. Hill (born 1961 as Edith Ann Tarbox), American businessperson and journalist * Elmer Tarbox (1916–1987), American military aviator, businessman, and politician * Frances Tarbox (1874-1959), American composer * Increase N. Tarbox (1815–1888), American theologian and author * John K. Tarbox (1838–1887), American politician * Katie Tarbox, American author * Michael Tarbox (born 1956), American singer-songwriter and guitarist {{surname, Tarbox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
McCullough
McCullough is an Irish and Scottish surname, with two distinct Gaelic origins: * ''Mac Cú Uladh'' which means 'son of Cú Uladh' ('Hound of Ulster'). * ''Mac Cullaich'' 'son of Cullach' ('boar'), usually rendered McCulloch Derivation from the Irish Gaelic ''Mac Cú Uladh'' 'son of the hound of Ulster' is more probable. While Cú Uladh may allude to the legendary Irish figure Cú Chulainn, it was a common given name in medieval Ireland. In Ulster it was often in use by the O'Neills of Clandeboye, the MacMahons of Oriel, the MacCanns, and the MacDonlevy kings of Ulaid. The ''M Culloch'' spelling is more common in Scotland (especially Galloway), and is associated with Clan MacCulloch. List of people with the surname * Alfred McCullough (born 1989), American football player * Alison McCullough, British speech and language therapist * Andrew McCullough (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player * Bernie Mac (born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, 1957–2008), American comedian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mortlake, Connecticut
Mortlake was a historical place name in what is now Brooklyn, Connecticut. History On October 19, 1687, the Connecticut Colonial General Court granted Captain William Blackwell a patent for a separate township laid out south of ''Mashamoquet Brook'', six miles east to west and seven miles north to south, to be called Mortlake. Captain Blackwell chose that name to honor Mortlake in Surrey, England (now part of greater London). Geographically, the northbound followed Mashamoquet Brook, the eastbound followed the Quinebaug. The western boundary was approximately half mile west of and parallel to today's Connecticut State Route 169, while the southern boundary laid approximately half mile north of today's U.S. Route 6 – looking at a map, it roughly aligned with Herrick Road and the part of Brown Road that runs more or less straight east–west. This patent was in the form of a Manor, a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary colonies, a large estate with hereditary rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Province of Massachusetts Bay, colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Not everyone who was accused during that time had a known residency; around 151 people, nearly half that were accused, were able to be traced back to twenty-five different New England communities. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, died under torture after refusing to enter a plea, and at least five people died in the disease-ridden jails. Arrests were made in numerous towns beyond Salem Village (known today as Danvers, Massachusetts, Danvers) and its regional center Salem, Massachusetts, Salem Town, notably in Andover, Massachusetts, Andover and Topsfield, Massachusetts, Topsfield. The grand juries and trials for this capital crime were conducted by a Cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
