Fort Pentagon: 1756, Oneida County, Rome. More commonly called Fort Craven. French and Indian War, On the Oneida Carry/Portage (Rome). Construction started June 1756. A pentagon shaped fort just south of Fort Williams to replace it. Major earthen fortific…
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Philipsburg Blockhouse: Picture from early 1900's of what appears to be an original structure claimed located at the foot of Lake Champlain. No maps show location, may be after Philip Skene or another name for Skenesboro (as Skene had sided with the Briti…
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Fort Pike: 1812-1815, Jefferson County, Sacketts Harbor. Hastily prepared earthen works named Fort Volunteer were established at the start of the War of 1812 to defend the Northeast end of Sacketts Harbor (East side of Black River Bay). A new set of breas…
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Pine Camp: In 1907 the Black River Great bend area was first used by the NY Guard for summer maneuvers as Camp Hughes. In 1908, Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant, son of General Ulysses S. Grant, was sent there with 2,000 regulars and 8,000 militia. …
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Fort Pitt: 1776, New York City. A stong circular redoubt with 8 guns, at the intersection of Grand and Pitt Streets lower east side. This was the left flank (east) of a line to the west between Grand and Broome Streets to Broadway (Fort Bunker Hill), then…
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Fort Plank: 1777, Fort Plain, Montgomery County. Not the Fort Plain (Fort Rensselaer) . Fort Plank was 2 1/2 miles northeast of Fort Rensselaer. A palisaded house of Frederick Plank, with blockhouses in the corners. Attacked several times but not destroye…
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Authorized 1953. Involved a large expansion to the South and west (from the Saranac River on the North to the Salmon River on the South). In the 1960s hosted the 56th Strategic Missile Squadron that included the first Atlas ICB…
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Fort Haldimand was built near Cape Vincent in the St. Lawrence River in Jefferson County, New York. It was originally used by French fur traders but was first used militarily by the British in 1778 under the command of St. Leger. The fort was named “For…
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(1): Built in 1691, Fort Half-Moon was built to defend the town of Waterford, in Saratoga County, New York. The fort was built to protect the Schagticoke Native Americans on the west bank of the Hudson. The fort was located north of the city. It is pos…
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In 1956, the Hamburg Nike Base was built in Hamburg, Erie County, New York. The base served as a double site launcher and integrated fire control area for Nike-Ajax missiles. The control center was located at New Lake View Road, 2 E. Heltz Road, and tod…
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