History, Natural History & the Arts
In 1849 the Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society reported that “Half-way brook… so named a century ago [in ca. 1749], as being equidistant between Fort Edward and Lake George.
“In [Washington County, it joins Wood Creek, which] is crossed by 10 bridges, that at Kane’s falls 70 feet long [a mile north of Fort Ann village], that at Fort Ann (covered) 50 feet long. [Read more…] about The Settlement of Half-Way Brook, Between Fort Edward and Lake George
At least a dozen spots were fortified by British, Colonial and Native forces in what is now Warren County, NY for conflicts leading up to and including the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Those that survived those wars were reused by troops from both sides during the American Revolutionary War.
Of these dozen places, only one remains easily visible on the landscape – Fort George, at the southern end of Lake George. [Read more…] about A Dozen Warren County French & Indian War Fortifications
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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