February 12

1666 De Courcelles, having rested his men after their incursion into the Mohawk country, suddenly broke camp and hastily retraced his steps to Lake Champlain and thence to Canada.

1767 - delightful weather, the sun warm.  -Gilliland.

1789 Gen. Ethan Allen died at his farm near "Indian Rock," Burlington.

1809 Arrival in Burlington of the notorious John Henry, sent as an emissary among the Federalists of New England by Sir John Craig, Gov. of Canada.

1895 Saranac Chapter, D. A. R. organized with twenty-three charter members.  Mrs. Pauline C. Stoddard, Mrs. Julia R. Nichols, Mrs. Jeannette A. Corbin, Mrs. Frances R. Weed, Mrs. Mary S. Warren, Mrs. Caroline W. Farnsworth, Mrs. Martha B. Wolff, Mrs. Katherine M. Platt, Mrs. Lucy B. Sowles, Mrs. Sarah P. Fuller, Mrs. Susan A. Kellogg, Miss Theodora Kyle, Miss Helen M. Palmer, Miss Helen D. Woodward, Miss Erminia Hall, Miss Margaret S. Beckwith, Mrs. Alice S. Whittelsey, Miss Elizabeth Ross, Mrs. Jeannette B. Tuttle, Mrs. Augusta W. Cady, Mrs. Julia Russell Myers, Vice Regent, Mrs. Mary McGill Gamble, Historian, Mrs. Margaret P. Myers, Corresponding Secretary.

 Today In the Champlain Valley History