Putnam County
Named for General Israel
Putnam, commander of
American forces in the Hudson Highlands
during the American Revolution. — — Map (db m37131) HM
General George Washington with his aides slept in this house many nights while making Peekskill their headquarters in 1776, 1777 & 1778. --------------- It was the house of Pierre Van Cortlandt, member of Colonial Assembly, member of the 2nd., 3rd., . . . — — Map (db m54295) HM