Fort William Henry

In an attempt to make some part of our trip educational we visited the Fort William Henry Museum.

By 1689, the British and French were the predominate nations in the New World. Wars for land, water passages and trade had been fought between these nations for years on the European continent, spilling over into North America. The final conflict, 1754-1763, is known as the French & Indian War and the Seven Years War.

Sitting atop a small rise, Fort William Henry commanded the southern end of Lake George November 1755 to August 1757. The Fort’s history is short but its final tumultuous days have been retold, although inaccurately, in the “Last of the Mohicans” by James Fennimore Cooper.

Grenadier


Getting the canon ready to blow

Boom!


Leah signed up for the Army




Soon after signing up she took her rifle and deserted.