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Fort Montgomery is adjacent to the north edge of the park, while Iona Island Bird Sanctuary is on the eastern edge in the Hudson River. The park is a separate entity from the adjacent Harriman State Park, which runs along the western edge of the park. It lies within the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [6]
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.
After several hours of hiking through the hilly terrain, Sir Henry divided his troops to stage simultaneous assaults on the two forts. Although the approach to Fort Montgomery was contested by a company armed with a small field piece, they attacked the two forts at nearly the same time and captured them after a relatively short battle. More ...
After several hours of hiking through the hilly terrain, Clinton divided his troops to stage simultaneous assaults on the two forts. Although the approach to Fort Montgomery was contested by a company armed with a small field piece, they attacked the two forts at nearly the same time and captured them after a relatively short battle. More than ...
Fort Montgomery was located at the confluence of Popolopen Creek with the Hudson River near Bear Mountain in Orange County, New York. The fortifications included a river battery of six 32-pound cannons, a cable chain supported by a boom across the Hudson River (see Hudson River Chain ), and landward redoubts connected by ramparts , all situated ...
Fort Montgomery was built over the next two months by members of the 3rd Infantry, 39th Infantry, and 44th Infantry. [9] Typical of other contemporary stockades, Fort Montgomery was built in a star shape, had 14-foot high log walls, a moat, and a blockhouse. The blockhouse was three stories tall and covered with hard logs and pine tar.
The steep descents into the gorge and sharp turns onto this bridge made it dangerous for auto traffic. In 1916 the road (then Route 3, renumbered U.S. Route 9W in 1930) was rerouted over a high steel viaduct further downstream, near the site of Fort Montgomery, in 1916. Another bridge was built immediately adjacent in 1936. [17]
Fort Montgomery may refer to: Fort Montgomery (Hudson River), American Revolutionary War fort near West Point, New York; Fort Montgomery, New York, hamlet named after the Hudson River fort; Fort Montgomery (Alabama), War of 1812 fort in Baldwin County, Alabama; Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain), 1844 fort in Clinton County, New York