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Fort George

Lake George Battlefield, More Than Just A Setting for Cooper’s ‘Last of the Mohicans’

February 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

A scene from the film The Last of the Mohicans (1992)In February 1826 one of America’s seminal works of historical fiction, James Fenimore Cooper‘s The Last of the Mohicans, was first published.  Last of the Mohicans has also been adapted to film at least eight times, most recently in 1992 starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe. The novel is one of five Cooper wrote that make up the Leatherstocking Tales series, all of them set in Upstate New York between the years 1740 and 1804.

Warren County, NY is where many of the real-life actions of 1757 depicted in the novel occurred, including at what is now Lake George Battlefield Park, the location of several other important historical events. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield, More Than Just A Setting for Cooper’s ‘Last of the Mohicans’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: Battle of Lake George, Fort George, Fort William Henry, French And Indian War, French History, Haudenosaunee, Hendrick Theyanoguin, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Issac Jogues, James Fenimore Cooper, Lake George, Lake George Battlefield Park, Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, Literature, Military History, Mohawk, New France, Robert Rogers, Warren County, William Johnson

Lake George Archeology Digs Subject of Barroom Talk

January 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

science cafeNew York State Museum Cultural Resource Survey Program (CRSP) archaeologists Barry Dale, Aaron Gore, and Steve Moragne will speak on excavations they led of prehistoric and colonial remains adjacent to the historic Lake George Million Dollar Beach. [Read more…] about Lake George Archeology Digs Subject of Barroom Talk

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Albany, Archaeology, Fort George, Indigenous History, Lake George, Military History, Native American History, New York State Museum, Science

Rev War Remains: The 1st Pennsylvania At Ft George, Lake George

March 25, 2019 by Anthony F. Hall 1 Comment

archaeologists and assistants examine excavated soils at the siteThe remains dislodged from an 18th century military cemetery at a Lake George construction site will, in all likelihood, be reinterred on the grounds of Fort George Park, say Village officials.

The Village’s Board of Trustees has adopted a resolution calling upon New York State to permit the remains to be buried at the state-owned park, said Mayor Bob Blais.

Blais said New York State officials support the proposal, although the remains will be in the possession of state archaeologists for at least a year, undergoing examination and analyses. [Read more…] about Rev War Remains: The 1st Pennsylvania At Ft George, Lake George

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort William Henry, Military History, Ticonderoga

The Battle of Diamond Island on Lake George

June 21, 2015 by Bruce Venter 2 Comments

General-Lincoln by Charles Wilson PealeToday it’s a State-owned island – a day use area for picnics – but Diamond Island witnessed a horrific bombardment by gun boats manned by Patriots during the American Revolution. The fight occurred during British Lieutenant General John Burgoyne’s 1777 campaign to capture Albany. Initially, Burgoyne’s 9,000 man army had successfully captured Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence in July.

When Burgoyne’s progress stalled near Skenesborough (present-day Whitehall, NY), his supplies were quickly eaten up by his extended campaign. Since his large army could not easily live off the land, except for shooting an occasional deer or bear, or boiling up a captured rattlesnake or turtle, the 54-year old general established a long supply line back to Canada.

It was anchored by Fort George at the southern end of Lake George and by Fort Ticonderoga at the northern end. Between the two forts, a supply depot, guarded by two companies of the 47th Regiment of Foot under Captain Thomas Aubrey was fixed on Diamond Island. [Read more…] about The Battle of Diamond Island on Lake George

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Saratoga, Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, Lake George, Maritime History, Military History

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