daytrips
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Wolcott Falls
This past weekend, I got it in my head that I wanted to visit a waterfall — not the shallow, industrialized falls that we have here in Fulton, but something out in nature with some height. Fortunately, there are a lot of options within a reasonable distance from home. (When it comes to waterfalls, this Continue reading
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Fort Stanwix
After visiting Oriskany, I decided to take a short side trip to Fort Stanwix. It’s a little ironic that I would regard Stanwix as the side trip since there’s a lot more there, and historically speaking, the battle at Oriskany was an outgrowth of the siege at Fort Stanwix. The fort is in the middle Continue reading
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Oriskany
The Oriskany Battlefield State Historical Site is about 50 miles from my house. Despite living so close to it all these years, and despite having read a fair amount about the battle and the larger British Campaign of 1777, I had never visited the site until today. From the National Park Service: Considered to be Continue reading
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