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  History of Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Visit Putnam, Connecticut, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1806 - One of the first cotton mills in the country was built in Putnam, CT in 1806
  
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• 1855 - Putnam, CT is incorporated
  Originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, Putnam was incorporated in 1855, carved out of Killingly, Pomfret, and Thompson and named in...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1870 - Interesting Marriage
  A clergyman of Putnam, Conn., recently married a couple on the cars, without the other passengers having any knowledge or suspicion of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  A. M. Parker
  Wholesale & Retail Dealer in
  Boots, Shoes & Rubbers
  Houghton's Block
  Putnam, Conn.
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  C. C. C.
  Connecticut Clothing Co.
  Bates & Lindsey
  Putnam, Conn.
  Southbridge, Mass.
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• 1895 - Putnam
  Putnam, a post-village in Putnam township. Windham co, Conn., on the Quinnebaug River, and on the Norwich & Worcester Railroad, at its junction with...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1899 - Distracted Mother
  Mrs. Chauncey Talbot of Putnam, Conn, Drowns Herself and Two-Year Old Boy.
  
  Putnam, Conn., July 12 - Mrs Chauncey Talbot, aged 23 years, the wife...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  War Memorial Bridge, Putnam, Conn.
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  St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory, Putnam, Conn.
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  Fair Grounds
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  Cargill Falls. Putnam, Conn.
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  Grove Street
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  Israel Putnam School
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• 1906
  Putnam, a city and capital of Windham co., Conn., in Putnam township (town), on the Quinnebaug River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R.,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Elm Street, 1906
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  Church St. Looking North
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  Main Street, Looking South, 1907
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  Hammond & Knowlton, Silk Mill, 1909
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  Elm Street, 1910
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  Main Street, 1910
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  Railroad Bridge, 1910
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  South Main St.
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  New Depot
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  Congregational Church, 1911
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•  1912 - NOT OVER $100,000. TOTAL LOSS OF INCENDIARY FIRE AT PUTNAM, CONN.
  Putnam, Conn., Nov. 22. -- The total loss resulting from the burning of half a dozen or more buildings in the business center of the city, last night ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Day-Kimball Hospital
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  Municipal Building
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  Putnam Inn, E. C. Rogers, Prop., 1923
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  Annhurst College
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