Half Way Brook, Fort Amherst, The Seven Mile Post - Queensbury, New York
N 43° 19.760 W 073° 39.755
18T E 608427 N 4798256
A historical marker at Hovey Pond Park in Queensbury, New York.
Waymark Code: WM167DN
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2022
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This marker is a large cast iron plaque fixed to a large granite rock in Hovey Pond Park in Queensbury, New York. The inscription reads:
HALF WAY BROOK
SO CALLED BECAUSE MIDWAY BETWEEN FORTS EDWARD AND
WILLIAM HENRY. FROM 1755 TO 1780 IT WAS THE SCENE OF MANY
BLOODY SKIRMISHES, SURPRISES, AND AMBUSHES. HERE THE
FRENCH AND INDIANS INFLICTED TWO HORRIBLE MASSACRES
UPON THE ENGLISH AND COLONIALS, ONE IN THE SUMMER OF
1756 AND THE OTHER IN JULY 1788.
FORT AMHERST
A NOTED MILITARY POST, WAS MIDWAY BETWEEN THIS MARKER
AND THE BRICKYARD. ITS SITE WAS KNOWN LOCALLY AS "THE
GARRISON GROUNDS". THE LOCATION WAS USED AS A FORTIFIED
CAMP IN 1757-58. THE FORT WAS ERECTED IN 1759. IT WAS OCCUPIED
BY THE FORCES OF BARON RIEDESELIN THE BURGOYNE CAMPA-
IGN OF 1777. IT WAS BURNED IN 1780 IN THE CARLETON RAID AT
THE TIME OF THE "NORTHERN MILE INVASION".
THE SEVEN MILE POST
WAS A BLOCKHOUSE WITH STOCKADED INCLOSURE WHICH
OCCUPIED THE RISE OF GROUND NORTH OF THE BROOK AND WEST
OF THE ROAD NEAR THE RESIDENCE OF W. H. PARKER FROM 1755
TO REVOLUTIONARY TIMES. DURING THAT PERIOD IT WAS ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY HALTING PLACES IN
North America.
ERECTED 1905 BY
New York State HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
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