Old Ticonderoga (A Picture Of The Past)

One day I have visited Niagara waterfall and on my way back to New England I stopped on a bank of a lake. A pretty white tavern stood near the lake. Close to this tavern stood some shops and wharf. It was a nice place at all. I waited for a ferry-boat arriving. But the best showplace in this area was an old fortress of Ticonderoga. Those celebrated heights, Mount Defiance and Mount Independence were familiar to all Americans in a history of becoming independent. I remembered the history of the fortress… Read the article till the end to know the whole story of Ticonderoga!