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Patrick Putnam takes notes on the Navajo Reservation. Below, Rufus Putnam was the first U.S. surveyor general.

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Patrick Putnam recently followed in the footsteps of his ancestor, Rufus Putnam, appointed by George Washington as the country's first surveyor general from 1796 to 1803.

June 27, 2012