A place for odd or rarely told stories about pre-WWI West Point & the Hudson Valley.
Meal calls at West Point in 1853.
A gruesome account of a USMA graduate's death in 1888.
The proposed riverside football stadium at West Point.
A group of Midshipmen try to sneak alcohol into the West Point Hotel
On the Fourth of July in 1800, there was a riot between West Point soldiers and patrons at a local tavern.
Albert Church's R-Day at West Point, 1824
A West Point cadet's strange death in 1849.
A short story about Martin Van Buren's 1839 visit to West Point.
Learn about President Lincoln's surprise trip to West Point.
Tales of cadet shenanigans from the 1830s...
West Point's first balloon flight, 1906.
A cadet outing on Christmas Eve in 1890.