The Fort Community...
Fort Stanwix is best known for the 1777 siege, but such dramatic events were not a feature of everyday life here.
Limited space inside the fort forced some soldiers and a few of their wives and children to live outside the walls. A unique community formed outside the fort.
Working for daily rations, the women and children did laundry, nursing, and the most menial tasks, forming the backbone of day-to-day life.
They are the unsung heroes in the history of Fort Stanwix.
Marker can be reached from North James Street (New York Route 26) east of Erie Boulevard East (New York Route 49).
Courtesy hmdb.org
