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
Indian Hill

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 153 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 Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Indian Hill.

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Photo: Indian Hill.

The site of the Mohawk Castle of Ot-stun-go, on the creek of that name, four miles southeast of Fort Plain. The Mohawk town was on top of the slate cliff in one of the most natural defensive sites in the Mohawk Valley.

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

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