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The Most Advantageous Situation in the Highlands: An Archaeological Study of Fort Montgomery State Historic Site, Cultural Resources Survey Program Series No. 2, New York State Museum. ISBN 1-55557-174-3; Roberts, R. (1980). New York's Forts in the Revolution, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-2063-9
In 1926, the United States Government sold Fort Montgomery along with its adjacent Military Reservation at public auction.During the period of disuse which followed, as had also happened with the abandoned 1816 fortification, many locals visited the fort, carting off untold amounts of lumber, bricks, windows, and doors for use in their homes and other buildings.
It is operated by the non-profit Russel Wright Design Center, with tours and hiking trails. Boscobel , a Federal-style mansion built 1804–1808 for States Dyckman and Elizabeth Dyckman, was originally located in Montrose, New York but was moved to Garrison and restored in the mid-20th century. [ 6 ]
Fort Montgomery is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Poughkeepsie – Newburgh – Middletown , NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York – Newark – Bridgeport , NY- NJ - CT - PA Combined Statistical Area .
Peebles Island State Park is a 190-acre (0.77 km 2) state park located at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers in New York. A majority of the park is located in Saratoga County , with a smaller portion located in Albany County .
Blauvelt State Park is a 644-acre (2.61 km 2) undeveloped state park located in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, near the Hudson River Palisades. The park's land occupies the site of the former Camp Bluefields , a rifle range used to train members of the New York National Guard prior to World War I .
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Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park is a 356-acre (1.44 km 2) state park [2] in Dutchess County, New York in the United States. The park is located on the east shore of the Hudson River in the Town of Hyde Park and also includes Esopus Island .