The Fort Community...

Fort Stanwix is best known for the 1777 siege, but such dramatic events were not a feature of everyday life here.<br><br> Limited space inside the fort forced some soldiers and a few of their wives and children to live outside the walls. A unique community formed outside the fort.<br><br> Working for daily rations, the women and children did laundry, nursing, and the most menial tasks, forming the backbone of day-to-day life.<br><br> They are the unsung heroes in the history of Fort Stanwix.