| New York (Warren County), Bolton Landing — NY-6 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| | Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York during the sesquicentennial of the American Revolution — Map (db m9798) |
| New York (Warren County), Bolton Landing — George Reis Home — 1917 to 1962 |
| | Owner and driver of El Lagarto
72 mph, fastest boat in the world
Gold Cup racing champion
1933, 1934, 1935 — Map (db m18432) |
| New York (Warren County), Bolton Landing — Sembrich Museum & Lakeside Grounds |
| | International opera diva Marcella Sembrich summered & taught here in her studio 1924 to 1935 — Map (db m18428) |
| New York (Warren County), Bolton Landing — Villa Marie Antoinette — 1918 Gate House |
| | Millionaire's Row mansion of Dr. William Gerard Beckers. Invented chemical fabric dyes. Sold to Harry K. Thaw in 1943. — Map (db m18427) |
| New York (Warren County), Glens Falls — Civil War Monument |
| | Lists the names and units for soldiers from the area who died in the Civil War. — Map (db m18475) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — A Common Stone |
| | In memory of common men, this stone, taken from the banks of the Mohawk, was erected as a memorial to those Mohawk Valley men under Wm. Johnson who helped build Fort William Henry in the year 1755. A gift of the people of the Mohawk Valley 1958 — Map (db m9042) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Adirondack Forest Preserve — Lake George Battlefield Park |
| | At a junction along one of the most historic water routes in America, connecting the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, this site witnessed military engagements during both the French and Indian War (1755-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783). This park encompasses the sites of several bloody actions, including the 1755 Battle of Lake George, the siege of the entrenched camp by the Marquis de Montcalm’s army in 1757 and the subsequent “massacre” following the surrender of Fort . . . — Map (db m16115) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Battle of Lake George — Sept. 8, 1755 |
| | Right of Monument: Defeat would have opened the road to Albany to the French Back of Monument: 1903 The Society of Colonial Wars erected this monument to commemorate the victory of the colonial forces under General William Johnson and their Mohawk allies under Chief Hendrick over the French regulars commanded by Baron Dieskau with their Canadian and Indian allies Left of Monument:Confidence inspired by this victory was of inestimable value to the American Army in the War of the . . . — Map (db m9410) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Bloody Pond |
| | Here Sept. 8, 1755 (Battle of Lake George) the colonial forces under Lieut. Col. Cole checked the hitherto successful advance of Baron Dieskau and his allies, changing the English rout into ultimate victory. Here likewise on the evening of the same day - Capt. Mc Ginnis assisted by Capt. Folsom with 200 New York and New Hampshire men, fell upon 300 Canadians and Indians encamped near the pond for the night. After a desperate struggle the French force was almost annihilated. Over 200 bodies . . . — Map (db m17376) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Col. Williams Monument |
| | Founder of Williams College — Map (db m17330) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Colonel Ephraim Williams, Jr. |
| | On this site in 1755, Colonel Ephraim Williams, Jr. was buried after his death in the battle called "Bloody Morning Scout," a skirmish that opened the Battle of Lake George. Ephraim Williams, Jr. is best known as the Founder of Williams College, a liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Outnumbered and ambushed
On September 8, 1775, after the sighting of French and Indians in the area, Colonel Williams, commander of 1,000 New England sodiers and 200 Indians, was sent . . . — Map (db m17329) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Colonial Maritime Heritage — Lake George Battlefield Park |
| | Numerous vessels plied the waters of the lake during the French and Indian War (1755-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783). Many of the smaller vessels were constructed elsewhere, while others were constructed at the south end of Lake George employing shipwrights from throughout the colonies. These watercraft consisted largely of bateaux, row galleys, sloops, schooners and radeaux. Today, remnants of these warships lie on the lake bottom, sunk during enemy action, or scuttled as a means . . . — Map (db m16114) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Delaware & Hudson Railroad |
| | The arrival of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad at Lake George in 1882 had a significant impact on life in the region. Early vacationers often arrived in rail cars direct from New York City and Albany. While the rich and famous relaxed at lakeside resorts like the Fort William Henry Hotel there was no shortage of retreats for everyone. For many years, a track curved from the railroad station onto the nearby steamboat pier. In a few steps, rail travelers venturing farther up the lake could board . . . — Map (db m16118) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Ethan Allen tour boat tragedy |
| | We hear from the misty troubled shore the voice of those gone before drawing the soul to it's anchorage Bret Harte This memorial is dedicated to the twenty men and women who tragically perished when the Ethan Allen tour boat suddenly capsized and sank on Lake George October 2, 2005 — Map (db m18434) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Fort George — • • 1759 • • |
| | In the State Park to the left are the ruins of old Fort George. About here in 1755 the French under Baron Dieskau were defeated by the British Colonials under Sir William Johnson. — Map (db m9413) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — French Mtn. Hamlet |
| | A 19th century community with
the Halfway House, Brown's store
plank road tollgate, School #14,
sawmill, tannery, race track,
Post Office and 14 residences. — Map (db m18468) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — NY-7 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| | Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York during the sesquicentennial of the American Revolution — Map (db m9795) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — NY-8 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail |
| | Through this place passed
Gen. Henry Knox
in the winter of 1775-1776
to deliver to
Gen. George Washington
at Cambridge
the train of artillery
from Fort Ticonderoga
used to force the British
Army to evacuate Boston
Erected by
The State of New York
during the sesquicentennial
of the American Revolution — Map (db m18647) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Lake George — Historic New York |
| | The natural route by water and portage between the St. Lawrence River and the Hudson River traversed Lake George. Christened Lac du Saint Sacrement in 1646 by the Jesuit missionary, Isaac Jogues, it was renamed in 1755 by Sir William Johnson to honor King George II.
Above the outlet of Lake George, over-looking Lake Champlain, the French in 1755 built Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga), which became a military objective during the colonial conflicts between the English and the French. Fort . . . — Map (db m18102) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Lake George in the American Revolution — Lake George Battlefield Park |
| | Lake George played an important role throughout the American Revolution as a transportation route, staging area and outpost. In December 1775, as some American troops were ferried north during their abortive invasion of Canada, Colonel Henry Knox’s train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga crossed Lake George bound for Boston. A hospital and shipbuilding facility built by the Americans at the south end of the lake were captured by Burgoyne’s advancing army in 1777. In response, a small flotilla . . . — Map (db m16111) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Lake George Steamboat Company |
| | — Map (db m18435) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Memorial to Four Unknown Soldiers |
| | A Memorial to Four Unknown Soldiers --------------- who fell September 8, 1755 on the Bloody Morning Scout led by Col. Ephraim Williams and King Hendrick against the French and Indians under Baron Dieskau. The remains were disinterred in building a state highway in 1931 and reburied under this monument. Erected by State Education and Conservation Departments and New York State Historical Association 1935 — Map (db m9049) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Military Dock |
| | During the French and Indian War, British and Procincial troops used a dock near here for loading soldiers, artillery, and supplies. — Map (db m9424) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Military Road |
| | Military Road built between Fort Edward and Lake George built by Sir William Johnson during the summer of 1755 — Map (db m17339) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Montcalm's Camp |
| | On these grounds Montcalm's Army camped during the siege of Ft. Wm. Henry, August 6 - 9, 1757 — Map (db m17388) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Northeast Bastion — Fort William Henry — 1755 - 1757 |
| | This was the flagstaff bastion. During the early days of the bombardment, a French projectile severed a pulley on one of the poles, causing the English flag to fall. One of the carpenters rushed to repair the damage, but as he climbed the pole, had his "head shot off with a ball." — Map (db m15801) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Northwest Bastion — Fort William Henry — 1755 - 1757 |
| | This bastion suffered the heaviest damage from Montcalm’s artillery. Here a howitzer shell landed on an ammunition box killing or wounding 16, including a "provincial Officer who was never heard of but part of his coat was found." Each night the army advanced until they were firing from a distance of 150 yards in the general area of the Fort William Henry Hotel complex. — Map (db m15802) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Radeau Land Tortoise |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This vessel possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. Built by British and provincial forces in 1758, the seven-gun, 26-oar French and Indian War gunboat was sunk two miles north of this point to prevent enemy capture. The only surviving example of her class, she remains at a depth of 107 feet. 1998 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m16116) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Radeau Warship |
| | Land Tortoise, built by Colonial and British troops, near this site in 1758. Lies 2 miles north in 107 feet of water. — Map (db m17383) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial |
| | This plaque commemorates the memory of those officers, N.C.O.s and men of the 35th Regiment of Foot (now the Royal Sussex Regiment), their wives and families who lost their lives during the defence of Fort William Henry, and the subsequent massacre by hostile red Indians after the surrender and evacuation of the Fort in 1757. The Royal Sussex Regimental Association, Roussillon Barracks, Chichester, Sussex — Map (db m9043) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Southeast Bastion — Fort William Henry — 1755 - 1757 |
| | The original entrance to the fort was under this bastion. A road led to it from the vicinity of the old Railroad Station and Steamboat dock. About a quarter mile away, the rising hill of tall pines marks the site of the Battle of Lake George. This later became the site of the entrenched camp. — Map (db m15806) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Southwest Bastion — Fort William Henry — 1755 - 1757 |
| | You are looking at the general area of the cemetery which encompassed most of the parking area and extended across Canada Street. Many soldiers died from wounds inflicted during battle, but most deaths were related to infection and disease. In 1842, "the marks of a thousand graves could be seen among the trees. Most had been opened, the bones and skulls dug up in great numbers." — Map (db m15805) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Stockaded Fort 1759 — Lake George Battlefield Park |
| | In 1759, while Colonel Montresor constructed Fort George out of limestone, a star-shaped stockaded fort was built closer to Lake George by Major General Jeffery Amherst’s army. This British complex encompassed an officers’ barracks, a soldiers’ barracks, storehouses, a powder magazine, a sawmill, a large circular garden, and many auxiliary buildings. Much of the wooden fort had decayed by 1765. — Map (db m16113) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Submerged Track |
| | Offshore lies D & H “Marine Track” 5-15 ft of water. Operated from 1910-1950. Boats launched off railcars. 205 ft of spur survives. — Map (db m16117) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Sunken Fleet |
| | Fall 1758 British/Americans sank Radeau Land Tortoise, Sloop Halifax, 260 bateaux to avoid plunder by French raiding parties — Map (db m17384) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — The 1755 Battle of Lake George — Lake George Battlefield Park |
| | In September 1755, a Colonial army commanded by Major General William Johnson camped on this location in preparation for an advance against the French Fortress of St. Frederic at Crown Point on Lake Champlain. On September 8, a French force commanded by Baron Jean-Armand Dieskau attacked Johnson’s army, which was barricaded behind a crude breastwork. For five hours the battle raged until finally, with heavy casualties on both sides, the French retreated. Johnson’s victory at Lake George, and . . . — Map (db m16035) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — The Hospital |
| | At Battle of Lake George many wounded soldiers and some with smallpox were cruelly murdered by Indians of Montcalm’s Army. — Map (db m9415) |
| New York (Warren County), Lake George — Wiawaka Bateaux |
| | 7 French and Indian War bateaux sunk here in 1758. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. — Map (db m17382) |
| New York (Warren County), North Creek — North Creek Railway Station |
| |
North Creek Railway Station
At this site early in the morning of September 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt received the message that President McKinley had died in Buffalo and that he had become President of the United States.
Erected by the
Johnsburg Historical Society, Inc.
1976 — Map (db m22535) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Blind Rock |
| | Legendary place of Native American
rendezvous and ambushes
English-French frontier boundry
colonial landmark and crossroads. — Map (db m18438) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Five Mile Run |
| | In French and Indian War
this run was avoided
because of fear of attack
by hidden Indians. Name
changed to Meadow Run 1808. — Map (db m18436) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Half Way Brook |
| | Midway between Fort Edward
and Fort George. On this
site about 1755 stood
a blockhouse enclosed
by a stockade. — Map (db m18440) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Half Way Brook — Fort Amherst — The Seven Mile Post |
| | So called because midway between Forts Edward and
William Henry. From 1755 to 1780 it was the scene of many bloody skirmishes, surprises, and ambushes. Here the French and Indians inflicted two horrible massacres upon the English and Colonials, one in the summer of 1756 and the other in July 1758.
Fort Amherst
A noted military post, was midway between this marker
and the brickyard. Its site was known locally as "The
Garrison Grounds". The location was used as a fortified camp in . . . — Map (db m18477) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Korean War Monument |
| | Korean War
1950 - 1953 — Map (db m18474) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Old Quaker Burying Ground — 1787 - 1837 |
| | Grave sites of the pioneer
families in Queensbury
Abraham Wing, founder — Map (db m18106) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Peace and Victory Monument |
| | To those who served
in our nation's wars
through whose courage
and sacrifice came
victory and peace — Map (db m18471) |
| New York (Warren County), Queensbury — Wing Memorial |
| | In memory of
Abraham and Edward Wing
Pioneers
in the Town of Queensbury
They were descended from
Rev. John Wing
and
Deborah Batchelder
She with four sons came to America in 1632. In 1762 King George gave a grant of the Town of Queensbury to Abraham and Edward Wing and others. About 1785 the Society of Friends built a log meeting house on this ground. Here was kept the first school, here was the first burial ground of the pioneer fathers. — Map (db m18226) |
| New York (Warren County), Thurman — James Cameron |
| | Pioneer, woodsman, farmer,
Justice of the Peace,
Settled in this Valley
in 1773. Buried 100
feet west of this marker. — Map (db m18103) |
| New York (Warren County), Village of Lake George — Old Court House |
| | Warren County Government Sept. 1813 - 1963. Built in 1845, now home of Lake George Historical Association — Map (db m17385) |
| New York (Warren County), Warrensburg — Floyd Bennett Memorial — 1890 - 1928 |
| | In memory of
Floyd Bennett
1890 - 1928
A Resident of Warrensburgh, he served in the World War and was later Commander Byrd's pilot on his North Pole Flight. He Sacrificed his life in rescue of the Bremen Trans-Atlantic Fliers. — Map (db m18107) |
| New York (Warren County), Warrensburg — The Town of Warrensburgh |
| | Warren County
1813 - 1913
The Town of Warrensburgh
formed from the old town of Thurman February 12, 1813 — Map (db m18193) |
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