History of Lake George, New York, USA

The Siege of Fort William Henry was conducted in August 1757 by French General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm against the British-held Fort William Henry. The fort, located at the southern end of Lake George, on the frontier between the British Province of New York and the French Province of Canada, was garrisoned by a poorly supported force of British regulars and provincial militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Monro. After several days of bombardment, Monro surrendered to Montcalm, whose force included nearly 2,000 Indians from a large number of tribes. The terms of surrender included the withdrawal of the garrison to Fort Edward, with specific terms that the French military protect the British from the Indians as they withdrew from the area.

The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts and used by George Washington's army on March 17, 1776 (Evacuation Day) to free Boston from British control during the American Revolutionary War.

Caldwell, a post-village, capital of Warren county. New York, on the S. end of Lake George, 62 miles N. from Albany. It contains a court house and several stores and mills. A steamboat plies between this place and the outlet of the lake. Caldwell is much visited in summer by tourists, on ac count of its beautiful scenery. Here is a large hotel, called the Lake George House.

Caldwell, or Lake George, a post-village, capital of Warren co., N.Y., is finely situated at the S. end of Lake George, in Caldwell township, about 60 miles N. of Albany, 20 miles S.W. of Whitehall, and 9 miles N. of Glenn's Falls. It is a celebrated summer resort, and is surrounded by beautiful scenery. It has a court-house, 2 churches, and 6 hotels, one of which, the "Fort William Henry," will accommodate 500 guests. Pop. of the township, 1267. Steamboats navigate the lake, which is studded with hundreds of islands. The name of the post-office is Lake George.

Special to The New York Times.
Lake George, N. Y., July 9. - A trolley car accident in which one woman, MRS. MAUDE STOCKWELL of Stillwater, was killed and about twenty persons were injured, took place this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock on the Hudson Valley Electric line directly in front of the Casino of the Fort William Henry Hotel.

An express car from Glens Falls, bound for Warrensburg, and a special car, which was carrying a party of excursionists, who were returning from Warrensburg to Stillwater, came together with terrific foce[sic]. The car carrying the excursionists, which was running on a down grade at the moment of the collision, was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, according to the estimate of those who were on it.

The force of the collision was such that the two cars were wedged together for a space of fully two feet, and every seat in the passenger car was broken. The passenger car was carrying about sixty passengers. They were members of the Stillwater...