| Show A HISTORICAL SPOT The Wealth oiVIIlNtor that Surrounds Sur-rounds Mount TXlctitcgor ilount McGregor is not only rich in natural attractions says the Saratoga Saratogian but in the wealth of historical histor-ical associations which cluster about I The whole range to which it belongs and the valley it overlooks are intimately connected with many events in the French and Indian war and the war of the revolution The northern most eminence emi-nence in the chain echoed the famous summons of Ethan Allen to the commandant com-mandant of Fort Ticonderoga to surrender surren-der in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress j while its I southern slope bear the name immortalized i I immortal-ized by the battle of Saratoga which is generally regarded as the decisive battle I of the revolution He who stands on the i I top of Mount McGregor can see to the north French mountain and the narrow defile between it and the Palmerton range Up this defile Dieakau marched his French column in 1755 and encountered encoun-tered Colonel Williams hastening with I his band to the support of Fort Edwards and here occurred the fight in which the gallant Williams perished A little farther far-ther to the right and nearer to the bed of the river may be seen the place where lived the illfated Jane McCrea the slopes of the hil where she met her death and the spot where her icmains lie buried Still farther to the east and to the right of French mountain is a broader valley Through this Burgoyne flushed with his victories at Ticonderoga and Skeenesbo rough pouredhis troops in the summer of 1777 His course may be traced all the Avay down to the battle field of Sara toga The smoke of that battle lolled up from over the top of the gentle undu lation just beyond Saratoga lake Baffled and driven back to the mouth of Fish creek Burgoyne was finally forced to surrender his army near where rises the graceful monument plainly visible in the southeast During those t memorable days the Americans had a signal station on this very mountain top and from here was flashed to the top of the green dome beyond the Hudson called Williards mountain intelligence of the first appearance appear-ance of Burgoynes array as it emerged into the valley of the Hudson All these I great events naturally occur to the mind of the observer standing on Mount Mc II Gregor as his eye sweeps the landscape spread out before him |
