Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker

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Fort Hunter in Montgomery County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Old Fort Hunter

By Howard C. Ohlhous, October 8, 2006

1. Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker

Inscription. Site of
Old Fort Hunter
Built 1711-12 by order of
Gov. Hunter for Protection
of Mohawk Indians. Was
Stockaded and Surrounded
Queen Anne Chapel.

Location. 42° 56.359′ N, 74° 16.909′ W. Marker is in Fort Hunter, New York, in Montgomery County. Marker is on Schoharie Street, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Hunter NY 12069, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Site of Last Mohawk Indian Village (here, next to this marker); Site of Queen Anne Chapel (here, next to this marker); Building Block of the Erie Canal (a few steps from this marker); Canal Builder (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mohawk Area (approx. 2 miles away); Putman's Lock Grocery (approx. 2.4 miles away); Fort Johnson, 1749 (approx. 2.4 miles away); Johnson Trail (approx. 2.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Fort Hunter.

More about this marker. Three historic markers stood side by side along Schoharie Street adjacent to the old Erie Canal East Guard Lock and next door to the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site Visitors Center. In August of 2011 Hurricane Irene hammered the east coast dropping record levels of rains that created unprecedented flooding in the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys. Flooding in Schoharie County, New York was reported by the National Weather Service in Albany, New York as five-hundred-year-flood conditions, with roughly 5 to 7 inches of rain in the Schoharie Creek water shed area. The Schoharie Creek overflowed its banks here in Fort Hunter and eroded portions of the roadway and the markers, which were later recovered, presumable so that they might be re-erected.

Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker, On Left Photo, Click for full size

By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 23, 2007

2. Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker, On Left

Also see . . . Old Erie Canal Guard Lock. (Submitted on September 20, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.)

Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker, On Right Photo, Click for full size

By Howard C. Ohlhous, October 8, 2006

3. Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker, On Right

The stonework and the ditch beyond that, behind the markers, are remaining portions of the original 1825 Erie Canal

By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 23, 2007

4. Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker

The three markers stood together. A forth marker stands across the street from the group. In the foreground are the stones of the old Erie Canal East Guard lock. A roadside deck-like viewing platform with interpretive signs overlooked the East Guard Lock, in the upper right.

By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 1, 2011

5. Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker

The three markers lie on the lawn across the street from where they stood. The Schoharie Creek flooded this area and washed away part of the road and the area where these markers stood. The front end loader parked on the road serves as a barrier to keep vehicals off this section of unsafe roadway. The Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site visitor center is beyond the loader in the background.

By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 1, 2011

6. Site of Old Fort Hunter Marker

The flood waters of the Schoharie Creek not only washed out the three markers and parts of Schoharie Street, but it did some archaeological work on the East Guard Lock, exposing some previously covered stones of the lock.

Flooding on Main Street in Fort Hunter after Hurricane Irene Photo, Click for full size

By Howard C. Ohlhous, August 29, 2011

7. Flooding on Main Street in Fort Hunter after Hurricane Irene

The volume of water in the Schoharie Creek became larger than the creek bed spilling over into the hamlet of Fort Hunter and taking a short cut to the Mohawk River.

Credits. This page originally submitted on September 18, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. This page has been viewed 178 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 18, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.