Treasure Hunting New York-Albany Bear Mountain Bennington Battlefield Butlersbury Mans Dobbs Ferry Fishkill

Albany was discovered in 1609 by Henry Hudson, where Fort Nassau, a Dutch settlement's fortified trading post and warehouse, was built in 1614 on Castle Island (known today as Westerio Island). A massive influx of colonists from Denmark, Germany, Holland, Norway, and Scotland arrived and built Fort Orange in 1619. More people came and occupied the village of Beverwyck, the area surrounding Fort Orange. British forces captured Beverwyck and renamed it Albany in 1664. In 1777, the British attacked the hilltop military post on State Street called Fort Frederick opposite Fort George, which was situated on the same street at the foot of the hill. A colonial hospital where injured Patriots who fought in the Revolution, stood at the corner of Lodge and Pine Streets. The surrounding region is home to many historic ruins of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Bear Mountain, located on the Hudson where the U.S. 9W, Washington County connects to the Palisades Interstate Parkway, is still home to the remains of two forts conquered by the British during the Revolutionary War, Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton. Bennington Battlefield, the site of the famous August 14, 1977 battle between the Patriots and British, is located close to Wallooomsac, Washington County, on N.Y. 67. Butlersbury Mansion, the historic home of the infamous Tory raiders John and Walter Butler, still exists after being built in 1742, in the vicinity of Fonda in the Mohawk Valley on Switzer Hill. The father and son, British Loyalists, plundered many Patriot settlements in Mohawk Valley and amassed many spoils. They escaped to Canada before the end of the war, but not without burying at undisclosed locations near the mansion an immense amount of loot from their pillaging. Mohawk settlements. A total of sixteen villages called Indian castles located in the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County, was owned by the Mohawks from 1580 to 1666. In 1666, all these villages were burned, save the one situated in Auriesville. Four castles were built as replacements, but these too were burnt in 1693, which contributed to the considerable reduction of the Indian population. The exact location of the original castles is unknown. Still, three have been determined as existing villages near Indian Castle, Fort Hunter, and Fort Plain that once existed at the time of the Revolution. Continental Village. This village is two miles north of Gallows Hill Road, Putnam County, somewhere further up north of Peekskill. From 1777 to 1781, it was used as a camp and supply center by the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. Crown Point Campsite is situated in Essex County near the west end of Lake Champlain Bridge. This campsite is where the French built Ford Frederic in 1731, but they had it blown up themselves at the arrival of British armed forces. The British had to construct Fort Crown a little further inland, as a result, which, unfortunately, accidentally burnt in 1773. This campsite that the Patriots and British occupied during different times of the Revolutionary War can be found near the remnants of the said forts. Dobbs Ferry Site on the Hudson River, the former primary crossing point of the lower Hudson, is located on Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County. Much of the shoreline has changed with the times, but the area still has many recoverable Revolutionary War artifacts. Schuylerville. This is the location of a 50-acre open field on the west bank of the Hudson, situated past New York 29, west of U.S. 5, Saratoga Co. by a few hundred feet. After the historical battle of Saratoga, this field was used as the site where 6,300 of the remaining British forces surrendered on October 17, 1777. This historical battlefield still contains many authentic relics from the Revolutionary War. Fishkill Landing is located opposite Newburgh near U.S. 9, Dutchess Co., on the east bank of the Hudson. The ruins of Fort Hill, a garrison used by the Patriots during the Revolutionary War, can be found here. Fishk