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- Road to the Battle of Bennington
- Baum Site 1: Union Cemetery
- Baum Site 2: To the Bridge
- Baum Site 3: An Altered Landscape
- Baum Site 4: Little Carrying Place
- Baum Site 5: A Canal Community
- Baum Site 6: Clark’s Mill Bridge
- Baum Site 7: The Saratoga Encampment
- Baum Site 8: Setting off August 12
- Baum Site 9: Batten Kill Encampment
- Baum Site 10: On the Continental Road
- Baum Site 11: Still on the Continental Road
- Baum Site 12: Betsey Taylor’s Story
- Baum Site 13: Still on the Continental Road
- Baum Site 14: Understanding the Landscape
- Baum Site 15: And Even Still on the Continental Road
- Baum Site 16: John Weir House
- Baum Site 17: Colonists in Cambridge
- Baum Site 18: The Checkered House
- Baum Site 19: The Skirmish with the Cambridge Militia
- Baum Site 20: The White Creek Encampment
- Baum Site 21: Sancoick Mill Skirmish
- Baum Site 22: Prelude to the Battle
- Baum Site 23: The First Battle of Bennington
- Baum Site 24: Baum’s Demise
- Baum Site 25: The Second Battle of Bennington
- Baum: Epilogue
- The Story of Iron in Crown Point & Moriah
- 1. Crown Point State Historic Site: The Changing Landscape
- 2. Driving to Hammond’s Corners: Young America Defining Itself
- 3. Hammond’s Corners in the Hamlet of Crown Point
- 4. The Fish Hatchery via Creek Road
- 5. Driving to the Penfield Homestead Museum via Creek Road
- 6. Penfield Homestead Museum
- 7. Driving to Hammondville
- 8. Driving from Hammondville to the White Church
- 9. The White Church
- 10. Driving through Moriah Center-Moriah Corners
- 11. Colburn Blast Furnace
- 12. Witherbee
- 13. The Heart of Mineville
- 14. The Invisible Town of Fletcherville
- 15. Belfry Mountain Historic Fire Tower
- 16. Town of Moriah Park
- 17. The Concrete Homes of Bridal Row
- 18: The Churches of Mineville and Port Henry
- 19. Driving Joyce Road to the Plank Road
- 20. Driving Main Street (Plank Rd.) to Pilfershire Road
- 21. Driving Switchback and Cheney Roads
- 22. Driving Route 22 South to Cheever
- 23. Powerhouse Park
- 24. Port Henry
- 25. The Railroads of Port Henry
- 26. The Witherbees, Sherman & Company Buildings
- 27. The Cedar Point Iron Company
- 28. Hammond Wharf at Monitor Bay Park
- Acknowledgements and Bibliography
- Explore the Turning Point Trail
- 1. Clinton Community College: Battle of Valcour Part I
- 2. Driving to Peru Dock Boat Launch: Battle of Valcour II
- 3. Driving to Ausable Chasm: Shifting British Strategy
- 4. Ausable Chasm: Contrasts between Europe and America
- 5. Leaving Ausable Chasm: Building Troop Numbers
- 6. Driving to Willsboro: Preparing for War
- 7. Willsboro: The Rules of War
- 8. Driving to Split Rock: The Army Code of Honor
- 9. Driving South of Essex: Burgoyne’s Long Flotilla
- 10. Driving Along Bulwagga Bay: A City of Tents
- 11. Driving on Burgoyne Road: Flaws of Fort Ticonderoga
- 12. La Chute Falls: The Easiest Route from Canada to Albany by Water
- 13. Fort View Inn: The Rebels Flee
- 14. Putnam Pocket Park: The Battle of Hubbardton
- 15. Drowned Lands Pocket Park: The Lake Shrinks
- 16. Whitehall: A Naval Birthplace
- 17: Driving to Fort Ann : Rebels on the Run
- 18. Fort Ann Pocket Park: Burgoyne Celebrates
- 19. Driving to Kingsbury: The Trying Journey by Land
- 20. Kingsbury Pocket Park: Moving a City
- 21. Driving to Fort Edward: Losing Control
- 22. Driving to Fort Edward, II: Stories of Indian Atrocities Spread
- 23. Old Fort House Museum: The Great Carrying Place
- 24: Leaving Fort Edward: Ending the Supply Line
- 25. Fort Miller Pocket Park: Baum’s Disastrous Defeat
- 26. Saratoga Falls Pocket Park: A Bridge of Boats
- 27: Driving to Saratoga National Historical Park: Costly Battles
- 28. Driving to North Schuylerville: The British Retreat
- 29. Schuyler House: The Rebels Trap the British
- 30. Victory Woods: A Noble End
- 31: Fort Hardy Park: An Honorable Surrender
- 32. Saratoga Surrender Site: A Gentlemanly Exchange
- Epilogue: The Aftermath of Burgoyne’s Defeat
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Washbourne Camps
The Washbourne compound Courtesy of the Robert Washbourne Collection.
Site GPS: N44 37.946 W73 25.521
Landing GPS: N44 37.959 W73 25.467
The Washbournes bought a small amount of property from the Harney family. Robert, Lynn, and their father John Washbourne all had camps on this scenic point. Map below by Kevin Kelley:
