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  The Story of Fort Montgomery Rouses Point, New York by James P. Millard
The stone walls of Fort Montgomery tell the tale of a great nation; they hold secrets from its infancy, into and beyond a Civil War, into the depths of world wars, through a great and dark depression, until today.
Fort “Blunder,” as it came to be known, lives on in the walls of some of the more ancient and prominent buildings in the Rouses Point area.
During its brief existence, the fort was eyewitness to a rather remarkable event for the tiny town on the Canadian border.
www.historiclakes.org /explore/Montgomery.html   (1691 words)

  
  Fort Montgomery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Montgomery was located at the confluence of Popolopen Creek and the Hudson River near Bear Mountain in what is now Orange County, New York.
Fort Montgomery and its companion fortification Fort Clinton on the southern bank of the Popolopen held a combined garrison of roughly 700 American soldiers.
The later Fort Montgomery was a massive stone fortification built between 1844 and 1871 on the northwest arm of Lake Champlain at Island Point in the town of Rouses Point, New York.
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 Fort Montgomery, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Montgomery is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Orange County, New York.
Fort Montgomery is in the southeast corner of the Town of Highlands, on US Route 9W.
Fort Montgomery is on the west bank of the Hudson River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Montgomery,_New_York   (425 words)

  
 Fort Blunder
In January of 1819 the surveyors announced that the fort was being built about three-fourths of a mile north of the 45th parallel and within the territory of Lower Canada.
Work on the fort was immediately stopped, the contractors sued for work already completed, and local residents took the stone, brick, copper and iron for their own private purposes.
The Thomas Brisbin house at Odelltown was constructed from stone intended for the fort, as was the old stone schoolhouse and the Methodist Church on Champlain Street in Rouses Point.
www.apnmag.com /summer2004/FortBlunder.htm   (952 words)

  
 Hudson Valley Heritage Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Fort Montgomery comprises some twenty-five archeologically significant features on 14.42 acres of land owned since 1914 by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.
Foundations of structures in the fort include the guard house, the powder magazine, the main barracks, officers' commissary, officers' barracks, storehouse, bake house, soldiers' necessary, provision stores, soldiers' hut and an additional barracks.
Fort Clinton has a museum with artifacts and exhibits describing the forts and the battles as well as the remarkably well-preserved Outer Redoubt.
www.hudsonrivervalley.net /tour/FortMontgomery.php   (334 words)

  
 Battles of the American Revolution: Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery
Forts Clinton and Montgomery were upon the west bank of the river, one on each side of a small stream with high rocky shores.
Campbell and his men arrived near Fort Montgomery in the afternoon, and at five o'clock a peremptory demand was made for the surrender of both forts.
Among the vessels burned was the frigate Montgomery, a sloop of ten guns, and a row-galley.
publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/battleame_bac.html   (1144 words)

  
 www.ny.gov - GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $400,000 FOR FORT MONTGOMERY HISTORIC SITE
The history of Forts Montgomery and Clinton chronicles an important episode in New York's participation in the Revolutionary War.
Constructed in 1776, the twin forts were the first line of defense in preventing the British from capturing and controlling the strategic Hudson River Valley.
Brigadier General George Clinton, the Commander of Fort Montgomery at the time of the battle, was in the third month of his Governorship of New York State, having become our first Governor in July 1777.
www.state.ny.us /governor/press/04/oct9_04.htm   (1609 words)

  
 The Battle of Fort's Montgomery and Clinton
On October 6th, 300 Continental soldiers of the 5th New York regiment, 100 artillerymen of Lamb's Artillery, and some 300 Levies and militiamen defended the unfinished Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton against 2,100 British, Hessian and Loyalist troops attacking from the landward side of the works.
The defenders are overpowered by sheer numbers and the British gain possession of Forts Montgomery and Clinton.
Forts Montgomery and Clinton, located just south of West Point, were built for the defense of the Hudson Highlands in 1776.
www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/771006.htm   (524 words)

  
 Fort Montgomery
This detachment quickly retreated to the forts, and destroyed Clinton's hope of capturing them by surprise, at the approach of night; he resolved, however, to go on and trust to his muskets and bayonets.
The garrison of Fort Montgomery made a short resistance, in which Colonel Campbell was killed, and then abandoned their works.
The attack on Forts Montgomery and Clinton was led by Sir Henry Clinton on October 6, 1776.
hhr.highlands.com /montgom.htm   (559 words)

  
 Fort Montgomery - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
The fort was an irregular earthworks almost triangular in shape with the point facing west.
Inside the fort were a two story 80 by 20 foot barracks with basement, a powder magazine and gun platforms.
For more information see forts of the lower Hudson.
www.dmna.state.ny.us /forts/fortsM_P/montgomeryFort.htm   (135 words)

  
 Fort Montgomery New York, Fort Montgomery NY Hotels - Hotels Motels Resorts Family Vacations
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 Fort Worth, TX
FORT WORTH - Vol Thompson was just 14 when a man collecting cans found his mother’s body hidden under some wood in east Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH — A teacher whose car contained a handgun and a suspicious substance while parked at South Hills High School, is being investigated by police and school officials, according to reports.
FORT WORTH — The grandfather of a 16-year-old Fort Worth boy who died when his car went off a freeway bridge early Saturday morning said his grandson had been in some trouble recently but was turning himself around.
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 Fort Montgomery Walk
TRAIL HIGHLIGHTS: The trail goes first through the town of Fort Montgomery on sidewalks.
Holiday Inn Express is on the left hand side in Fort Montgomery.
Holiday Inn Express is on the right hand side in Fort Montgomery.
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 Fort Montgomery News - Topix
Local news for Fort Montgomery, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
Voters in the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery School District, which includes students from the U.S. Military Academy, Highlands and nearby Garrison, voted down its budget on Tuesday evening.
Highland Falls The Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery School District is facing its age old problem of needing to fill a budget gap, this year of $1.5 million.
www.topix.net /city/fort-montgomery-ny   (616 words)

  
 Fort Montgomery Hotels ** Discount Hotels in Fort Montgomery New York
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 New York State Parks :: Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Fort Montgomery was the scene of a fierce Revolutionary War battle for control of the Hudson River.
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site is not a reproduction fort; it is a genuine vestige of our nation's struggle for independence.
Visitors will see the actual foundations of the fort's buildings and remains of the fort's earthworks.
nysparks.state.ny.us /sites/info.asp?siteID=36   (192 words)

  
 Fort Montgomery New York Hotels, Motels and Area Attractions
Fort Montgomery New York Hotels, Motels and Area Attractions
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 Fort Montgomery, New York Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, ...
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 Fort Montgomery, New York NY - Motels, Hotels, Inns, Lodging
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The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites West Point-Fort Montgomery is located on the scenic Hudson River less than 5 minutes from West Point - the premier USMA, the Historic Ft. Montgomery Battlefiel...
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 Fort Montgomery NY Yellow Pages Featuring Fort Montgomery NY Businesses in New York.
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 Discount Hotel Rooms in Fort Montgomery, New York at Orbitz
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 Agence France Presse French: Athlétisme: pas de duel au sommet Greene-Montgomery à Fort-de-France@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
L'américain Tim Montgomery après sa victoire sur 100m, samedi à Fort de France
Le duel au sommet entre les Américains rois du sprint Tim Montgomery et Maurice Greene a tourné court en raison du forfait de ce dernier avant la finale du 100 m messieurs de la réunion d'athlétisme de Fort-de-France (Grand Prix II), samedi.
Le duel au sommet entre les Américains rois du sprint Tim Montgomery et Maurice Greene a tourné court en raison du forfait de ce dernier avant la finale du 100 m messieurs de la...
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 Forest of Dean Mine, Fort Montgomery, Highland Township, Orange Co., New York, USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Forest of Dean Mine, Fort Montgomery, Highland Township, Orange Co., New York, USA
Owned by the Forest of Dean Iron Ore co., Hudson Iron Co. & the Fort Montgomery Iron Corp., in that order.
Total output is estimated at not less than 2,000,000 tons of ore. Workings were 3,300 feet deep along the pitch.
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 Fort Montgomery Zip Code or Zip Codes in New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Fort Montgomery Zip Code or Zip Codes in New York
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Information contained herein is deemed accurate and correct, but no warranty is implied or given.
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 Fort Montgomery New York - cheap hotels in fort montgomery ny & discount hotel reservations
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 Holiday Inn Express Fort Montgomery New York Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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 Aerial photo of Fort Montgomery ruins at Rouses Point New York
Aerial photo of Fort Montgomery ruins at Rouses Point New York
This is a rare opportunity to explore the ruins of this historic Civil War era fort; the property is privately owned and access is prohibited to the public.
We will be led by Jim Millard, publisher of America's Historic Lakes and author of Fort Montgomery: Through the Years and The Secrets of Crab Island and Roger Harwood, Director of the Clinton County Historical Association.
www.historiclakes.org /scenic/montgomery_lg.html   (536 words)

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