This Place in History: Fort Montgomery

Описание: As you drive from Vermont to New York along Rt. 2 along the Canadian border, you'll see a low stone fort tucked in along the shoreline of Rouse's Point. The structure is Fort Montgomery, which has a history that stretches back hundreds of years to the French and Indian War, and is the result of much discussion over where the border between the United States and Canada lay. Vermont Historical Society Executive Director Steve Perkins and Local 22 & Local 44 anchor Mike Hoey take a trip up to learn about the structure's history.

This Place in History is produced in partnership by Local 22 & Local 44 (www.mychamplainvalley.com) and the Vermont Historical Society.

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Read up on Fort Montgomery's History via the New England Historical Society: https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.c...
Read Atlas Obscura's article about the fort: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
Read an article from 2009 about the fort in the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/20...
Read The Myth of the Unguarded Frontier 1815-1871: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1840618?...
Read about the fort's recent sale and plans for the future: https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/...

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