Digging for Israel Putnam's Buried Treasure!

The Renegade Garden in my condo's back yard requires lots of digging, mostly through a gazillion rocks.

Secretly I hope to find Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam's buried treasure.

Doesn't he look like a guy that would have buried some treasure along his trails??

So far I have had no luck in finding buried treasure, however I have uncovered many of these fine geological delights:

One really cool rock has the imprint of a long ago fern embeded into it. I love it! However I am sure that I would love to find a box of love letters that Israel Putnam intended to send to his true love while he traveled about the countrysides, doing heroic acts.

There is a ton of history about Israel Putnam throughout CT, and this website has quite a bit of info and other interesting links. Check it out to read about Israel, who frequented some of the same areas that this Putnamaniac has.

My favorite Israel Putnam story is that he crawled into a wolf den to kill the wolves that were killing many local farmers sheep! I drive past Wolf Den Road every day, on my way to and from work. This keeps the old hero fresh in my mind daily!  Here is a great youtube video showing this infamous wolf den. The narrator is great!

So, I will keep digging for treasures, whether they are old love letters, buried gold pieces, or even just some local history. Imagine life in those days!! Such a difference from today.

I am a Putnamaniac that loves to dig for buried treasures of all sorts in my Renegade Garden!