The Ticonderoga Historical Society will present a free public program on Friday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the Hancock House, 6 Moses Circle, Ticonderoga.
“The Crown Point Road and the Opening of Northern New England & Lake Champlain,” presented by John-Eric Nelson, will emphasize the importance of this strategic route.
After the fall of the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the fall of 1759, General Jeffrey Amherst ordered the building of the Crown Point Road. The road was to run from Crown Point, New York across Vermont to The Fort at No. 4 on the Connecticut River.
An independent historian and reenactor, Nelson will explain how this 90-mile-long road through the wilderness would facilitate the movement of troops and supplies from New England to the Champlain war front, and its importance after the war in facilitating a land rush of new settlement in the North.
The program will be held in the lower-level program room of the Hancock House Museum. Reservations may be made by calling the Hancock House at 518-585-7868 or via e-mail to: tihistory@bridgepoint1.com.
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