In 1757, some 350 NJ Provincials, paddling from Fort William Henry, were ambushed near this site by Native Americans and Canadians, suffering 70% casualties. In 1758, General Abercrombie camped here with 15,000 men. Both generals were on their way . . . — — Map (db m126226) HM
1810
Site Of
Garfield's Hotel & Tavern
One of the earliest stopping places on Lake George. Other hotels on this site were Arthur's Phoenix, and Beachside with the Cave Bar. The original owner was
Nathaniel Garfield, a Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m66544) HM
A mining town of 400 thrived
here with homes, church, post
office, school, boarding houses,
bowling alley, social hall,
stores, sawmill, and saloons — — Map (db m200395) HM
Located on this site 1927-1979.
Replaced many rural schools &
graduated some 400 students.
It was a hub for community
events during this period. — — Map (db m200393) HM
Burial ground for many original Hague settlers and numerous Revolutionary and Civil War veterans. Also known as “The Old Hague Cemetery.” — — Map (db m126222) HM
Legendary Rocks
Hague lays claim to some of the most legendary rocks on Lake George. Deer's Leap, several miles to the south on Tongue Mountain gets its name from the wvay hunters would run deer off the cliff with dogs. A more colorful . . . — — Map (db m180282) HM
Site of the 1000 acre farm owned by Theodore and Helene Meyer 1884-1925.
Site of Civilian Conservation Corps S-32 Camp and Plantations 1933-1947.
In memory of the Alma Farm and those who loved it.
Placed by Historical Society of Bolton and . . . — — Map (db m202789) HM
1918 Smith Sexton bought this building, a barn, from Louis Burgess. Smith and his wife turned the upstairs into a living space where they spent the winters; in the summers they
ran the Uncas Hotel (now the Northern Lake George Resort). A . . . — — Map (db m180218) HM
1901 This building was built by Ellis Bolton, the Hague Town Supervisor. Bolton partnered with Melvin Barton and shortly thereafter John Keenan. It seems that Bolton was a silent partner because the store operated under the name of Barton and . . . — — Map (db m180210) HM
Before summer vacations brought bathers to Lake George beaches, lumbering and mining formed the business base of Hague. The hamlet of Graphite, located on the mountain west of Hague started in the lumbering era, then quickly grew when Joseph . . . — — Map (db m180292) HM
Tourists and visitors to the Lake George area relied on steamboats to get to Hague from
Ticonderoga or Caldwell. The journey was always
relaxing and enjoyable, until the evening of July 29, 1856, when the John Jay left Cook's Landing at . . . — — Map (db m180327) HM
