Team discovers remains of Colonial-era fortification beneath the Connecticut River

Team discovers remains of Colonial-era fortification beneath the Connecticut River

Blockhouse once stood at the gateway to the “vast unguarded frontier, unsafe for occupancy” that is now Vermont SPRINGFIELD—A trio of local history experts, working with historical records, personal exploration and, eventually, with archaeology staff and students from Dartmouth College, believe that they may have solved a regional history mystery. That mystery? The exact location of a blockhouse built in 1760 in the first few miles of New Hamp…