Quinebaug or Putnam? Traditional Cache
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What's in a name?
Pomfret Depot, Quinebaug, Putnam? Putnam, Connecticut was incorporated, not founded in 1855 from three other distinct Connecticut towns--Pomfret, Thompson, and Killingly. Motivations for founding the town stemmed from the desire to be both religiously and economically independent from the neighboring towns, especially Killingly. The movement to create a town along the Quinebaug river and the area known as "Pomfret Depot" began in the 1840s, and was organized by the newly formed congregations around the Quinebaug river.
In 1849, petitioners requested that the legislature incorporate the villages known as Pomfret Depot, Wilkinsonville, Rhodesville, Ballou's Village, Harrisville, and Morse's Village, situated in in the towns of Thompson Killingly and Pomfret. The proposed name of the town was Quinebaug, after Algonquian word meaning "Long Pond." On May 2, 1849 the town of Killingly rejected the petition and the three other towns followed suite. After adjusting the proposed town claims and changing the name from "Quinebaug" to "Putnam," after the Revolutionary War Hero Israel Putnam, commander of the Connecticut militia during the early years of that war, Putnam was granted town status in May of 1855. The population of the new town was 2,319 in 1855, one historian noted that "nine and a half square miles and 1,876 inhabitants from Thompson; seven and a half square miles and 275 inhabitants from Killingly; three square miles and 168 inhabitants from Pomfret." And they'll never get them back.
The cache is located at a beautiful spot in town above the Quinebaug River, overlooking the town center. Look to the right of the Congregational Church steeple to see a cool faded Coca Cola ad. Parking is not a problem, just be aware of signs. Though this could be considered a high muggle area, muggles won't get out of their cars to bug you. Cache container is a small, but not mirco big enough to hold geocoins and small travel bugs. Bring a camera and take a picture that will bring you back to a picturesque nineteenth century New England industrial town.
Excerpts taken from Perspectives of Putnam by Margaret Weaver
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