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Fort Amherst & Half-Way Brook’s Bloody Background

September 11, 2025 by Bruce M. Venter 1 Comment

Tucked away between a car dealership and several corporate buildings at 25 Lafayette Street in Queensbury sits Hovey Pond Park, a serene oasis in the middle of suburban commercial development.

It’s a place for the jogger, the dog walker, the nature lover, and children seeking a playground. On a pleasant day, visitors may enjoy the park’s flower garden, fishing pond and wild life sanctuary, including a fast-running, bubbling creek that borders the park’s southern boundary. [Read more…] about Fort Amherst & Half-Way Brook’s Bloody Background

The British Surrender of Fort William Henry in 1757

September 7, 2025 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

In 1757, during the French and Indian War, a large French and Native American force led by the Marquis de Montcalm besieged Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George. The British garrison under Lieutenant Colonel George Monro surrendered after a six-day siege on August 9th.

Although Montcalm offered the British “honors of war” allowing them to march to Fort Edward with their personal belongings, his Indigenous allies attacked the withdrawing British column in a notorious event known as the “Massacre” at Fort William Henry. [Read more…] about The British Surrender of Fort William Henry in 1757

The French and Indian War: A New York Perspective

August 31, 2023 by Peter Hess Leave a Comment

In the early 1750s, the French were establishing trading posts and building forts along western the frontiers of the British colonies. In the fall of 1753, in part to protect his own claims on Indigenous lands, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie had sent 22-year-old George Washington (then a militia leader and surveyor) to deliver a letter to Fort Le Boeuf at what is today Waterford in northwest Pennsylvania, demanding they stop. [Read more…] about The French and Indian War: A New York Perspective

The 1757 Siege of Fort William Henry & James Fenimore Cooper

July 27, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans tells a gripping tale of the bloody conflicts that roiled the Lake George region in the middle of the 18th century. In particular, the novel gives a stirring, if inaccurate, description of the Siege of Fort William Henry (August 3-9, 1757) during the French and Indian War and its immediate aftermath. [Read more…] about The 1757 Siege of Fort William Henry & James Fenimore Cooper

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