Treasure Hunting New York-Fort Ontario Fort Stanwix Gardiners Island Kingston Lake George Village

Fort Ontario, situated opposite Oswego City at the mouth of the Oswego River, was built by the British in 1726 and destroyed 30 years later by the French. The British reconstructed the fort in 1759, abandoned it after 37 years in 1796, but used it once more in the War of 1812. It was finally demolished at the end of that war, leaving only its ramparts as a testament to its history. Fort Plain is located by the junction of U.S. 90 and N.Y. 5S, Montgomery Co., near modern-day Fort Plain village. In 1776, Patriots built fortifications that enclosed a farmhouse and its immediate area for about half an acre. The Tories later destroyed the fort in 1780. Fort St. George, constructed in 1776 by the British, is located near Mastic Beach and Smith's Point Bridge on Long Island, a few miles away from William Floyd Parkway. The Patriots captured and destroyed the fort in 1780, leaving a few parts that still survive today. Fort Stanwix was an Indian trading post built by the British in 1725 in the heart of Rome City in Oneida County. The British enlarged it in 1758 but abandoned it later in 1769. Both sides of the Revolutionary War used the fort separately at different times. In 177, A bloody battle between these contesting forces occurred here. Nothing of the site has survived. Gardiners Island was an anchorage in the early colonial period and was located half of the way of the forks on the east of Long Island. The British established a small naval base in Gardiner's Bay during the Revolutionary War. German Flatts used to be the location of Palatine settlements that stretched for about ten miles in the Mohawk Valley near modern-day Herkimer, Herkimer County. The Palatines moved into the area circa 1730 only to have their homes destroyed first by Iroquois and later by Tories during the Revolutionary War. The ruins of hundreds of Palatine homes can still be seen here today. Ruins. About 1700, the Huguenots came and settled New Paltz, located somewhere near N.Y. State Thruway, between the areas of Kingston and Newburgh in Ulster County. Plenty of Huguenot brick and stone homes are still found in this region. Ruins. Remnants of early settlers' homes can still be found on N.Y. 5S near Indian Castle close to Indian Castle Church somewhere part of the way between Fort Plain and LittleFall. Many of these residences were destroyed during the French and Indian Wars. Some remains of Mohawk village dwellings can also be found in this vicinity. Johnstown, first settled in 1760, can be found at N.Y. 67 and State Road 30A, Fulton County. Many homes and other structures were destroyed here during a major battle in 1781. The massive destruction was great, as evidenced by the ruins of its old buildings still visible in the area. Kingston was founded in 1615 by Dutch settlers in Ulster County. They constructed Fort Esopus, which was first intended as a trading post and later became known for its prosperity. Despite the fort being destroyed in 1777 by the British, people rebuilt a new town over the remnants of old buildings. Lake George Village is found by the lower end of Lake George, Warren County, over on U.S. 9 and I-87. American and French troops fought in a great battle here in 1755. After winning, the American forces constructed Fort William Henry not far from here. The French launched an attack in 1757, held off by the Americans who surrendered after five months of fighting. The Indians allied with the French massacred every single American and dumped their corpses in a lake which came to be known as Bloody Pond, located close to the present town. Also nearby are Forts Gage and George, built during the Revolutionary War. Minisink Ford, over by the Delaware River just opposite Pennsylvania, Sullivan County, is located in the township of Lackawaxen in Pennsylvania, Sullivan County. On July 22, 1779, the Patriot forces' entire contingent was wiped out by the Tories and their Indian allies. The exact area where this is found is at N.Y. 97, where it me