Fort William Henry: Digging Up History

The history of For William Henry, it's role in the French and Indian Wars, and the efforts to discover it's past through archaeological digs. The author worked at the fort as a youth and eventually became the museum curator.

Contents: Forward / by Jack McEneny -- Prologue -- Early regional habitation -- The arrival of Europeans -- Why the French and Indian Wars? -- The British plan of attack -- The battle of Lake George -- The birth of Fort William Henry -- The Saint Patrick's Day attack -- Montcalm's attack -- The massacre -- The war moves north -- 100 years later -- First archaeology: the Gifford years -- The influence of Hollywood -- The massacre under the microscope -- A proper burial -- Reviving a legend -- Epilogue