History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Fort Klock Near St. Johnsville

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 785 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Fort Klock Near St. Johnsville

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Photo: Fort Klock Near St. Johnsville.

Built in 1750. The cellar door opens into a stone Revolutionary dungeon. In the cellar is a spring of water issuing from the solid rock. The batle of Klock's Field, in which American Militia routed Sir John Johnson's invaders, Oct. 19, 1780, was fought close to this house — then a palisaded fortress. Photo by courtesy L. D. MacWethy, St. Johnsville Enterprise-News.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Fort Klock Near St. Johnsville

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Fort Klock Near St. Johnsville