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Fort Ontario Ghost Tours

October 7, 2008 Contributor

Fort Ontario State Historic Site will offer its popular guided ghost tours on October 23, 24, and 25, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.   Tickets are available by advance purchase only and cost $8.00 for the public and $5.00 for Friends of Fort Ontario members.  Tours are scheduled in ten minute increments, group sizes are limited, and no walk-ons are allowed.  Call Roberta Elmer at (315) 343-4711 from 7 AM to 2 PM for tickets and reservations. […]

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Groundbreaking Ceremony at Fort Ontario

August 19, 2008 Contributor
</p>Photograph of groundbreaking for the outhouse. Front row from left: Reilly Q.M.D. Mumpton, Robert (Spuds) Beach, Richard (Picks) Guinn. Back row from left: Alex (Dimples) LaFond, Ian (Grumpy) Mumpton, Mitchell Manniccia – Draftsman, Richard LaCrosse – Overseer, General Brown – Dog.

On Wednesday, August 13, 2008, ground was broken for reconstruction of an officers’ outhouse at Old Fort Ontario.  Fort staff and volunteers gathered to dig the ditch and prepare the foundation for one of the less historically significant but “necessary” buildings at the fort. […]