On September 23, 1780, Major John Andre of the British Army was captured while traveling through American lines to New York City, taken prisoner, and brought to American headquarters in South Salem, N.Y. Andre had plotted with General Benedict Arnold to betray the American fortress at West Point, and when he was captured he was found to have concealed the plans of West Point in his boot. Lieutenant Joshua King was placed in charge of guarding Andre until Andre was hanged as a spy on October 2, 1780. After the war, King and his Revolutionary friend, Lieutenant James Dole, lived in Ridgefield and opened a mercantile store that became known as Old Hundred. The business changed names many times during the next 100 years until the last one moved to the corner of Main Street and Bailey Avenue, where it was known for almost another century as Bedient's Hardware. Today Old Hundred is incorporated into the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Lieutenant Joshua King married the daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Ingersoll and built the first of the King mansions on the corner of Main St. and King Lane. The first house burned to the ground, and the present structure was built farther back on the property. J. Howard King and his brother, General Rufus King, descendants of Joshua, were instrumental in developing High Ridge and encouraged many prominent New Yorkers to build their summer homes on the ridge and elsewhere throughout the town.