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What's New on America's Historic Lakes? NEW, UPDATED, OR REVISED PAGES
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Updated January 31, 2010 |
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Public Presentations, tours and events by Jim Millard and AHL Guest Contributors 2010 |
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| We've added the first of Jim Millard's 2010 presentations! Click here. | |||
| Upcoming History Events in the Lake Champlain and Lake George Region | |||
| We have added an exciting new event featuring the North Country Author's Group including AHL's Jim Millard. Click here. | |||
| Newly redesigned pages with higher quality images | |||
| As promised, we have started to revise many pages in the site. Also, now that most viewers have high speed connections we are able to incorporate larger, higher quality images into our pages. | |||
| Buy with your credit card | |||
| America's Historic Lakes is now accepting credit cards for payment of our books. You can now buy directly from AHL and pay for your books safely and securely online using PayPal. | |||
| FORT MONTGOMERY DAYS! | |||
| You're not going to want to miss out on our First Ever Fort Montgomery Days event. Check out the excitement here. We'll see you at the Fort! | |||
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| Upcoming History Events in the Lake Champlain and Lake George Region | |||
| Events for this exciting Quadricentennial year are starting to come in! We have updated this popular page and will continue to do so as more events become available. Click here. | |||
| This month in Lake Champlain, Lake George and Richelieu River History | |||
| With the upcoming Quadricentennial of Samuel de Champlain's explorations of the lake, we thought it would be appropriate to feature a monthly "history event" posting of something that happened on these remarkable waterways each month. Check back regularly for a fascinating new event, often from an original primary source document! | |||
| The Strange and Sad Tale of Fort Montgomery- Lake Champlain/Richelieu River at Rouses Point, New York | |||
| We've made a few modifications to the text of this popular account of the region's famous fort to help clarify the distinctions between Fort "Blunder" and Fort Montgomery. Click here. | |||
| Books by AHL's Jim Millard... | |||
| We're happy to announce that all of Jim Millard's popular local history titles are now available at the Saint Michael's College Bookstore. Of course you can also still purchase the books directly online from America's Historic Lakes. | |||
| Fort Montgomery Ruins: A Video Tour | |||
| We have made available video tours of the ruins of storied Fort Montgomery at Rouses Point. There are two different versions. The short version runs 7 minutes without a soundtrack and the full, 14 minute version is much more comprehensive and features a musical track. Click here. | |||
| A Signal Victory on Lake Champlain: THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG. Part V- Action on Cumberland Bay- September 11, 1814 | |||
| We have embedded a remarkable video showing what it would have been like to be aboard a wooden sailing vessel during a War of 1812 naval battle. Click here for the page with the video. Courtesy of YouTube and http://www.brigniagara.org/ . | |||
| The Battle of
Lake Champlain [a.k.a. Battle of Plattsburgh] The Story of an Eye-Witness, Retold by J.E. Tuttle |
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| We have added two original portraits of Battle of Plattsburgh eyewitness, Benajah Phelps. These images are courtesy of James Phelps, a direct descendant of Benajah. Click here to see the new material in this wonderful story. | |||
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| In order to bring our site in line with recent standards regarding privacy we have added a special Privacy Policy page. This page details the standard stuff about the information America's Historic Lakes (and our advertisers) know about site visitors. You can access the new Privacy Policy Page here. | |||
| Upcoming History Events in the Lake Champlain and Lake George Region | |||
| Things may slow down but they certainly don't stop on the historic lakes during the wintertime. We've added new events for you to enjoy. Check them out! Click here. | |||
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Researching Lake Champlain... The Valcour Bay Research Project- XIII The Exhibit |
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| We have updated the exhibit page to announce that the VBRP “Rediscovering a Moment in Time” exhibit will be on display at Saratoga National Historical Park during the winter of 2007 and spring of 2008. The official opening of the exhibit takes place at the park’s Visitor Center on October 26, 2007. Details here. (10/21/2007) | |||
| Upcoming History Events in the Lake Champlain and Lake George Region | |||
| New late-summer events including exciting news about a rare opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of the ruins of Fort Montgomery in Rouses Point, on Lake Champlain!! Click here to visit our Calendar of Events page. Looking for presentations by AHL's Jim Millard? Click here. (9/3/2007) | |||
| Odzihozo: The
Abenaki Myth of The Transformer |
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| We have finally completed our story about Odzihozo, the mythical creature from Abenaki legend who created Lake Champlain and much that surrounds it. He loved what he did so much that he made himself a permanent part of the lake! Read the fascinating story here. (8/26/07) | |||
| Lake Champlain Islands: A History Tour | |||
| We've added new information about South Hero's Vermont's tiny island known as Carleton's Prize. We felt it was important to share the island's original name- the one known to the Abenaki. Learn about Odzihozo's wife! Click HERE. (8/5/07) | |||
| LAKE
PASSAGES: A Journey Through the Centuries. Volume I: 1609-1909 by James P. Millard |
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| We're celebrating the release of Jim Millard's often asked for "LAKE PASSAGES...". For a limited time you can get signed or personalized copies of Jim's exciting new book direct from America's Historic Lakes and we'll throw in FREE SHIPPING on purchases of any of Jim's three books! Click here for more information and sample pages. Click here to go to our book order page. | |||
| Upcoming History Events in the Lake Champlain and Lake George Region | |||
| Lots of new events including exciting news about a rare opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of the ruins of Fort Montgomery in Rouses Point, on Lake Champlain!! Click here to visit our Calendar of Events page. | |||
| Maps of the Historic Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Richelieu River regions... | |||
 With this project, we embark upon a significant undertaking. We have
begun customizing the excellent Google Maps to show all of the
historic places featured on our site. You'll find all of the major
locations of course. But we also plan to show you how to find the small
and wonderful- the out of the way, off the beaten path places. Stay
tuned- you're going to like these maps! Check our
Table of Contents for the current
listings. (4/27/2007) |
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