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
Site of Fort Schuyler, 1758

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 608 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 Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Site of Fort Schuyler, 1758

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Photo: Site of Fort Schuyler, 1758

At the junction of Main street and Park avenue. The D. A. R. marker of 1912, at the right, commemorates the camp here of General Herkimer's American army on the night of August 6, 1777, following the battle of Oriskany.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Site of Fort Schuyler, 1758

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Site of Fort Schuyler, 1758