Fort Ticonderoga: A Short History

Cover: Montcalm Congratulating His Victorious Troops, Battle of Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758.
Fort Ticonderoga: Looking South, Up Lake Champlain
Compiled from Contemporary Sources By S. H. P. Pell
Profusely Illustrated
Reprinted for the Fort Ticonderoga Museum 1966
“ The little bronze flint and tinder box illustrated, was found in 1888 by the present Museum Director, then a small boy. His brother dislodged a stone while they were climbing around the fort. Under the stone was this box with flint and tinder in it. Bronze and of French design, it must have belonged to some important officer, probably Montcalm de Levis, Bougainville or Bourlamacque. The busts represent Cupid and Psyche; the faces are extraordinarily beautiful and expressive. The box measures 2¼ by 1¼ inches.
I consider this box and the back plate for the suit of half-armor ( found a few years ago ) the most interesting of the thousands of articles found at the Fort.
This little box stimulated the Director’s interest. Even as a small boy he hoped some day to preserve and perhaps restore Fort Ticonderoga. Many a year was to pass before this dream could become a reality.”
Flint and Tinder Box Which Started the Fort Ticonderoga Collection (Found by S. H. P. Pell, when a small boy) (Drawing by Herbert Sherlock of North Canton, Ohio) BUSTS in CENTER of TOP and BOTTOM of CASE BOX OPEN SHOWING INTERIOR DETAIL of FLOWER DESIGN and BORDER REAR of HINGE
Major Robert Rogers and An Indian Chief
Airview of Fort Ticonderoga Showing Strategic Location of Mount Defiance, Beyond Which Is Lake George
Indian Costumes, From Lafitau. 1, Iroquois; 2, Algonquin