Sale of Rogers’ Rangers New York site is completed

FILE - In this June 1, 2006 file photo, JoAnne Fuller unearths a skeleton on Rogers Island at Fort Edward, N.Y. The sale of the Hudson River site considered the birthplace of the U.S. Army Rangers is nearly complete, ending a decade-long effort by an upstate community to purchase the historic island and turn it into a heritage tourism attraction. Officials say the closing on the sale of the 34-acre parcel on Rogers Island is scheduled for late Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The village and town of Fort Edward, on the Hudson’s east bank 45 miles north of Albany, are buying the vacant property from a Long Island businessman who inherited it from his father. The municipalities plan to turn it into a public park. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight, File)

By Associated Press September 17, 2014 1 min read

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) – The sale of the Hudson River site considered the birthplace of the U.S. Army Rangers has been completed.

The closing on the sale of the 34-acre parcel on Rogers Island in Fort Edward was Wednesday. The village and town of Fort Edward bought the vacant property from a Long Island businessman. The municipalities 45 miles north of Albany plan to turn it into a public park.

Village attorney Matthew Fuller says the sale price was $450,000, with the cost covered by state grants and other government funding.

Fort Edward was the site of Britain’s largest fort in North America during the French and Indian War. The complex included an encampment of frontier scouts, led by Maj. Robert Rogers, who wrote his “Rules of Ranging” at Fort Edward in 1757.