Lookout Place
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Lookout Place or Fort Hill (also known as Fort Izard) was an
Richard Howe. The fort overlooked a fresh water spring about 200 feet directly below (known as the Lord Howe Spring), the Old Mill Road, Fresh Kills which is a tributary of Richmond Creek, St. Andrews Church and the town of Richmond, then referred to as Cuckoldstown
, in the valley just below La Tourette Hill.
The hilltop was widely denuded of trees by the British during the war, allowing the soldiers to have unobstructed views of Lower New York Bay and the Arthur Kill. It is now the La Tourette Golf Course.
Extensive archeological digs have taken place at the beginning of the 20th century,[1] revealing all manner of British accuetrament, from remnants of weaponry to soldier coat buttons, shoe buckles and pottery fragments.[2]
King George III
.
References
- ^ "Unearthing Relics in Wild Spots of New York City". The New York Times. December 28, 1919.
- ^ "Relics Of The Revolution". The New York Times. November 2, 1919.
- Bayles, Richard M. 1887. History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York: from its discovery to the present time. New York: L.E. Preston.
- Morris, Ira K. 1898. Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, New York. New York: Memorial Pub. Co.
- Papas, Phillip. 2007. That ever loyal island: Staten Island and the American Revolution. New York: New York University Press.