Comment by nticompass

I was driving from (Western) NY to Burlington, VT and drove past Fort Ticonderoga. All I thought of was Ticonderoga pencils. Later, I looked it up thinking it was a coincidence, but nope the pencils were named after the fort (because there was graphite found there).

Also, there is in fact a #3 pencil, not just the #2 we all are probably used to.