Putnam's Escape

<center>This Marks The Spot<br> Where On February 26, 1779<br> General Israel Putnam, <br> Cut Off From His Soldiers And<br> Pursued By British Cavalry, <br> Galloped Down This Rocky Steep<br> And Escaped, Daring To Lead Where Not<br> One Of Many Hundred Foes Dared To Follow.<br> Erected By The<br> Putnam Hill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution<br> Of Greenwich, Conn. A.D. 1900</center>