Greg's comment reminds me that the site of the blockhouse continued to be well known through the 1790s, as numerous boats stopped there and the ruins made it the last camping spot before crossing Oneida Lake coming from the east. There was no public house at Sylvan beach until 1796, I believe. It is not mapped often, however, as it was just a clear spot in the woods after 1769. Philip Lord, Jr. Director, Division of Museum Services New York State Museum Albany, NY E-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/services.html >>> [log in to unmask] 01/31/01 12:51PM >>> Following on Phil's comments, there's a short entry on the NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs site: www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/forts5.html This states the post was abandoned in 1764. There appears to have been some traces left by 1777, or at least memory of the location of the blockhouse, as witnessed by this entry in the Colbraith journal: Aug 1st - Three Oneida Indians came express from their castle informing us that they had seen three strange Indians, who told them that there were 100 more at the Royal Blockhouse, and that they were to march for this place. "New York's forts in the Revolution" by Robert B. Roberts, notes that construction was authorized by Sir Jeffrey Amherst, probably in 1759, in conjunction with the construction of Forts Brewerton and Bradstreet(Oswego Falls). regards, Greg Greg Ketcham webmaster, "Drums Along The Mohawk: the American Revolution on the New York Frontier" http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums