The Haunted Fort

by Liza Gardner Walsh

Overview

Every year visitors flock to Maine’s Fort Knox near the mouth of the Penobscot River. They are drawn by the thousands for its glimpse into Maine’s military past, but also for it's haunted aspects. The fort was catapulted to national attention when the prime-time TV show Ghost Hunters filmed an episode there.

Since no shots were ever fired from the fort, who might the ghost or ghosts be? Now, author Liza Walsh delves into the creepy nature of the fort to find the answer. She explores the history of the fort and some of the Indian legends of the area from before the fort was built; provides interviews of staff and eye-witness accounts of ghost sightings at the fort; and she offers a fun look at how the fort makes the most of its attention by hosting its annual Fright at the Fort—called the "best Halloween experience in Maine”—and the summer Paranormal Faire. Woven throughout, Walsh recounts her own haunted adventure when she spent a night locked in the fort with the East Coast Ghost Trackers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608932405
Publisher:	Down East Books
Publication date:	06/16/2013
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	1,163,325
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Liza Gardner Walsh is a children's librarian in Rockport, Maine. She has worked as high school English teacher, a writing tutor, a museum educator, and holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College. She lives in Camden, Maine with her two daughters, Phoebe and Daphne, and her husband Jeff.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Part 1

Revolutionary Visions 13

The War of 1812 15

The Site 16

The Silver Mine 19

Building the Fort 20

The Quarry 25

The Civil War 29

Luke Walkers 31

Ordnance Servant Leopold Hegyi 34

The Spanish- American Wars 41

Fort, Knox in the Twentieth Century 47

The Lost Fort 50

Part 2

Visitors' Stories 54

Today's Fort Keepers 63

The East Coast Ghost Tracker 65

Psychic Sisters 85

Fright at the Fort 91

Resources 96

About the Friends of Fort Knox 97

Acknowledgements 98