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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VM_the-niagara-portage-gateway-to-the-west_Youngstown-NY.html
During the 18th century, the Niagara Portage provided one of the great access points to the interior of North America. Here, travelers from the east could reach the upper Great Lakes after a relatively short portage around Niagara Falls.
Fort N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VG_old-fort-niagara-lighthouse_Youngstown-NY.html
First Light on the Great LakesYou are standing near the site of the earliest lighthouse on the Great Lakes; a lantern room on the roof of the French Castle inside the fort. From that first whale oil fueled lantern, the Niagara lights evolved to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VF_fort-niagaras-rifle-range_Youngstown-NY.html
Thru This Archway Pass the Worlds Best MarksmenFort Niagara'sRifle RangeIn the 1870s, the United States Army began training soldiers in marksmanship. Prior to this, soldiers were not regularly trained to fire for great accuracy. By the 1870s, howe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19V7_fort-niagaras-p-o-w-camp_Youngstown-NY.html
Fort Niagara became a prisoner of war (POW) campon June 12, 1944, to house Axis captives fromincreased Allied victories in World War II.One of 500 such camps in the United States,Fort Niagara became the central command postfor 13 branch camps thro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19US_site-of-salt-battery_Youngstown-NY.html
This battery was an importantfactor in defense of theNiagara frontier in War of 1812so named because salt bagswere used in its construction
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19UO_capture-of-fort-george_Youngstown-NY.html
American warships silencedthe British guns after2 hours of hard fighting.The Americans hadcaptured Fort George andthe British retreated.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19UM_the-battle-of-la-belle-famille_Youngstown-NY.html
July 24, 1759At this location British troops set defenses against French reinforcements, intent on breaking the British siege of Fort Niagara. Though outnumbered, the British repelled the advance and assured the fall of the Fort. Their supply rout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19UK_la-belle-famille_Youngstown-NY.html
On the Battlefield ofLa Belle FamilleFather Claude Joseph Virot S. J.Chaplain of the French forceswas killed by the IroquoisJuly 24, 1759.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19UJ_la-belle-famille_Youngstown-NY.html
?—-?Site of BattleLa Belle FamilleJuly 24, 1759, decidingBritish capture ofFrench Fort Niagara
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19UF_fox-point-battery_Youngstown-NY.html
On bank of river to westis site of Fox Point Battery,fifth in series of batteriesextending south from FortNiagara during War of 1812