Ours is a history of both dazzling leisure and gritty country life, with glamorous lakeside hotels, isolated farmers toiling away, and revolutionary heroics. Putnam County has many well-known legends, but let’s leave those alone and unveil the less fmailiar stories. For the details, the Courier looked to the local experts.

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