Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
. . . [our] men lay continuously upon their arms [weapons], [with] the enemy incessantly cannonading us, and their rifle and cannon shot reaching every part of our camp.. Thomas Anbury, ensign, 24th Regiment of Foot Imagine a heavy . . . — — Map (db m66799) HM
On New York State Route 29, on the left when traveling east.
East of this site was Fort Hardy.
In excavating for the Champlain Canal basin 1822, such numbers of human skeletons were found that it is believed here was the cemetary of the French garrison. — — Map (db m129563) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In 2005, archeologists found evidence here that people had been camping here near this wetland pond more than 7,000 years ago. Fire-cracked rocks, a large food roasting platform made of cobblestones, and a flint tool-and-weapon workshop are all . . . — — Map (db m66802) HM
According to historians, the Mohicans occupied this strategic crossing for millennia, using the intersecting waterways for trade and sustenance. The Hudson-Champlain corridor forms a near-continuous water passage, extending from New York City to . . . — — Map (db m246393) HM
On Empire State Trail (U.S. 4) 0.5 miles north of Phillips Road, on the right when traveling south.
From Native Americans to today's boaters, the gap between the Adirondack and
Green Mountains has long been a corridor for travel, trade, and warfare. The
Champlain Canal, opened in 1823, created an all-water connection between
Lake Champlain and . . . — — Map (db m217628) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114218) HM
On Broadway (U.S. 4) at Burgoyne Street, on the right when traveling north on Broadway.
Near This Spot October 16, 1777 American and British officers met and consummated “Articles of Convention” of General Burgoyne of the British Army to General Gates of the American Army and on this historic ground of Saratoga the British . . . — — Map (db m9143) HM
In 1777, British General John Burgoyne led an invasion from Canada, hoping to take control of the Hudson River and Lake Champlain corridor. By August, Burgoyne had advanced to the Hudson River. He decided to continue south by crossing from the east . . . — — Map (db m246319) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
American patrols had cut off any communication with the outside world. There was barely enough food left to last the British army here a week. The field fortifications were indeed formidable, but the outnumbered defenders in the lines were bone . . . — — Map (db m66801) HM
On U.S. 4 at Coveville Road (County Route 69), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 4.
By 1874, hamlet included ice house, store, stables & homes. Potatoes and ice transported on nearby Champlain Canal. Shipped to NYC via Hudson R. — — Map (db m173792) HM
Near Duell Road, on the right when traveling north.
U.S.S. Saratoga (CV 60) and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW 17) Deployment August 7, 1990 – March 28, 1991 In memory of our twenty-three fallen shipmates during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm Dedicated by the crew of the U.S.S. . . . — — Map (db m66825) WM
The Dix Bridge was constructed in 1893 to provide a free crossing between the milling manufacturing, shopping and shipping centers of the Village of Schuylervile and the Hamlet of Thomson. Lumber merchant and hamlet namesake Lemon Thompson and . . . — — Map (db m246398) HM
On Ferry Street (New York State Route 29), on the left when traveling east.
British Supply Post 1755 – 63 Here Gen. John Burgoyne’s defeated British troops in the ruins of the fort lay down their arms 1777 — — Map (db m56862) HM
These bluffs command the Hudson River and valley
below- General Burgoyne's only route to Albany.
The valley here is wide, but in 1777 a huge swamp
called the Great Vly clogged the approaches from
the north. The British Army would have to . . . — — Map (db m220532) HM
On U.S. 4 at Starks Knob Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 4.
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 . . . — — Map (db m9787) HM
On Broadway (U.S. 4) at Burgoyne Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway.
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 . . . — — Map (db m9789) HM
Near Ensign Lane at Ensign Lane, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
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 . . . — — Map (db m56961) HM
Between the Northumberland Dam and the Dix Bridge are the cut-stone piers of the old trolley trestle that crossed the Hudson River. For the better part of a century, a network of trolleys carried passengers between the tri-city (Albany, . . . — — Map (db m246311) HM
On U.S. 4, 0.1 miles south of Hanehan Road, on the right when traveling north.
On Oct. 9, 1777 traveled down
Hudson River to Stillwater to
nurse her wounded husband,
British Major Acland, held
prisoner by American forces. — — Map (db m217604) HM
On New York State Route 32 at Herkimer Street, on the right when traveling south on State Route 32.
Victory
The Village of Victory sits perched on a bluff above the Hudson River, It owes its location to the highest waterfall on Fish Creek, the best waterpower site on the the creek's course from Saratoga Lake to the Hudson River. The . . . — — Map (db m129632) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 4) at Stark’s Knob Road, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.
Northumberland
The original Town of Northumberland extended to the
northwest as far as present-day Corinth and Hadley
This made sense in 1798 because an overland route
ran from here to there to bypass the series of waterfalls
along the "big . . . — — Map (db m140076) HM
On U.S. 4, 0.2 miles north of Stark’s Knob Road, on the right when traveling north.
When the original Champlain Canal was completed
in 1823, Northumberland became an important site for boats that travelled along the canal. It was here where boats had to cross the Hudson River to get from one section of the canal to the other. . . . — — Map (db m185836) HM
On Broadway (U.S. 4), on the right when traveling south.
On these grounds the French and Indians killed Capt. Philip Schuyler and 30 others, burning Mills, Stores and 30 houses. June 30, 1747, the garrison of Ft. Saratoga was surprised, when 45 men were tomahawked and scalped. Site of the house of . . . — — Map (db m9298) HM
In 1749, Pehr (Peter) Kalm, a protégé of prominent scientist Carl Linnaeus embarked on a grand journey to the wilderness of the New World Kalm was a naturalist selected by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences to travel to North America in order to . . . — — Map (db m246396) HM
Families and communities throughout the United States often found themselves on opposing sides. Most people who lived here on the battlefields of Saratoga in 1777 sided with the United States. Some remained loyal to the empire and even joined units . . . — — Map (db m220536) HM
On Schuyler Road at U.S. 4, on the right when traveling south on Schuyler Road.
The Saratoga Surrender Site is dedicated to
the soldiers of the United States Army who
on this spot accepted the surrender of
a British army and forever changed
the course of American and world history.
~ October 17, 1777 ~
The . . . — — Map (db m142205) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 4), on the left when traveling south.
Honor Roll To the men of the Town of Saratoga who served the American colors in 1917 – The Great World War – 1919 for Liberty and Humanity * * In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice * * * And in honor of . . . — — Map (db m56873) HM
On Schuyler Street at U.S. 4, on the left when traveling west on Schuyler Street. Reported permanently removed.
At Saratoga, the British campaign that was supposed to crush America’s rebellion ended instead in a surrender that changed the history of the world.- Historian and author Richard Ketchum, 1997 Decisively defeated in the Battles of . . . — — Map (db m140987) HM
Waterways like the Hudson River were highways through the wilderness. The Hudson Valley
was a crossroads of people and empire for more than a century before the Revolution.
Indigenous peoples used this river for trade and warfare long before . . . — — Map (db m220529) HM
Near Broad Street (U.S. 4), on the right when traveling north.
< The Canal System Marker >Welcome to the NYS Canal System, one of the world’s premier inland waterways. The 524-mile Canal System includes the legendary Erie Canal, and the Champlain, Oswego and Cayaga-Seneca canals. The waterways travel . . . — — Map (db m89832) HM
On U.S. 4, 0.2 miles north of Garnsey Lane, on the right when traveling north.
The Hemlocks
Hamlet with a grocery store
and day barn for stabling
mules. Served boats on
the Champlain canal
from ca. 1856-1915. — — Map (db m140990) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
“ . . . the army was posted as well as the ground would admit of, fortifying our Camp, and preparing for any attempt that the Enemy . . . might . . . make.”Thomas Anbury, ensign, 24th Regiment of Foot Here, after a brutal . . . — — Map (db m66800) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
I was in great anxiety and distress of mind knowing how impossible it was that any Capitulation could provide for my Security . . .John Peters, lieutenant-colonel commandant Queen’s Loyal Rangers There were hundreds of American soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66794) HM
John and Lydia Neilson were a young couple
when they built this house around 1775.
The additions in this photo came later. Once
removed, the house regained its original form. It
is a witness to what happened here in 1777.
The Neilsons knew . . . — — Map (db m220494) HM
On Broadway (U.S. 4), on the left when traveling south.
“. . . we passed Hudson’s river, and encamped in the plains of Saratoga, at which place there is a handsome and commodious dwelling-house . . .”, so wrote an officer of British General John Burgoyne’s invading army in September, . . . — — Map (db m9299) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Before he left England in 1776, General John Burgoyne bet a friend 50 gold guineas that he would return home triumphant in a year. His invasion force left Canada in June 1777 with pomp and spectacle, looking invincible. After marching hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m66797) HM
On Reds Street, on the right when traveling north.
This tree commemorates a great elm tree under which it is said that British General John Burgoyne signed the “Convention of Saratoga” by which he surrendered his forces to American General Horatio Gates, October 17, 1777. Considered to . . . — — Map (db m9308) HM
On Ferry Street (New York State Route 29), on the left when traveling east.
Mother town of Saratoga County First European settlers 1688 Established March 7, 1788 Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777 Revolutionary War Turning Point — — Map (db m56864) HM
On Lake Avenue (New York State Route 29) at County Route 338, on the left when traveling west on Lake Avenue.
Mother town of Saratoga County First European settlers 1688 Established March 7, 1788 Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777 Revolutionary War Turning Point — — Map (db m56867) HM
On U.S. 4 at Wilbur Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 4.
Mother town of Saratoga County First European settlers 1688 Established March 7, 1788 Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777 Revolutionary War Turning Point — — Map (db m56868) HM
Mother town of Saratoga County.
First European settlers 1688
Established March 7, 1788
Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne
to Gen. Gates oct. 17, 1777
Revolutionary War turning point — — Map (db m138952) HM
On U.S. 4 at Stark's Knob Road, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 4.
The sculpture by miChelle M. Vara of 6 Ballard Road Art Studio, Wilton, NY was fashioned after the famous painting ”Noble Train of Artillery” by Tom Lovell 1909.
The Sculpture marks the Knox Trail site, which acts as the . . . — — Map (db m149794) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
During the . . . [truce] the soldiers of the two armies often . . . discoursed with each other from the opposite banks of the river . . . a soldier in the 9th Regiment, named [Patrick] Maguire, came down to . . . the river, with a number of his . . . — — Map (db m66796) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 4) north of Spring Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
After the American victory in 1777, the name Saratoga became linked to a developing shared American identity. The second war ship christened the U.S.S. Saratoga was a 26-gun corvette built in the spring of 1814 on Lake Champlain for use . . . — — Map (db m138759) HM
On Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
You are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history. In early October 1777, during the American Revolution, 6,000 British soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66788) HM
Near Burgoyne Street, on the left when traveling west.
You are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history. In early October 1777, during the American Revolution, 6,000 British soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66789) HM
On Herkimer Street, on the left when traveling north.
You are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history. In early October 1777, during the American Revolution, 6,000 British soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66793) HM
The American army you would have seen here
was surprisingly diverse. Most men and boys had
volunteered. Some were drafted. Enslaved men and
boys could be forced to join. The average soldier
had served in at least one prior military campaign. . . . — — Map (db m220503) HM
Near Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south.
These woods should have been a treasure-trove of Revolutionary War artifacts. Yet recent archeological work here have yielded not a single remnant from the 2,500 British soldiers who camped here in 1777. Over the years some people illegally . . . — — Map (db m66805) HM
