| New York (Montgomery County), Amsterdam — Green Hill Cemetery |
| | Green Hill Cemetery
Established 1857
Victorian Rural Cemetery
Designed by Burton A. Thomas
N.Y.S. & National Registers
of Historical Places 2005 — Map (db m23339) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Amsterdam — Sanford Mansion |
| | Home of Stephen Sanford
Industrial Pioneer, Rugmaker
and Philanthropist c. 1860
Donated by John Sanford for
Amsterdam City Hall 1932 — Map (db m11611) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Canajoharie — Van Alstyne Homestead |
| | Built 1749 By Martin J. Van Alstyne
16 of 31 Meetings of Tryon County
Safety Committee Held Here 1774-75
General Nicholas Herkimer Received
Commission As Brig. Gen Here 1775 — Map (db m22527) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Ephratah — Rechtor Home |
| | Rechtor Home
Site of home of Nicholas
Rechtor built about 1773.
Revolutionary War soldier
and Captain of Militia in
Tillaborough — Map (db m22883) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Fort Johnson — Fort Johnson, 1749 |
| | Third Mohawk Valley House
built by Sir William
Johnson. Important military
post and Indian Council
place of 1754-60 — Map (db m5689) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Fort Johnson — Johnson Trail |
| | Used by Sir Wm Johnson 1742-
1774 between Fort Johnson and
Johnson Hall. A Bi-Centennial
in 1938 celebrated his
arrival in America. — Map (db m5690) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Fort Plain — Fort Plain |
| | "Let the Work of Our Fathers Stand" * * * * * On the Adjacent Hill Summit Stood Fort Plain, Erected 1776, and Its Blockhouse, Built 1780. Military Headquarters of the Mohawk Valley 1780 -1784 Gen. Washington Here July 30, 1783 * * * * * Erected by the Fort Plain Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, October 19, 1928 — Map (db m5282) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Fort Plain — Fort Plain |
| | ←
1776-1788
Northern limit of raid by Brant's Indians-Tories
16 killed - 60 captured
100 buildings burned
Aug. 2, 1780 — Map (db m5286) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Fultonville — Historic New York — Herkimer Home - 1764 |
| | Three miles east of Little Falls on Route 5-S.
General Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), one of the first American-born generation of the Palatine Germans who settled the Mohawk Valley, leading farmer-trader of
the Valley, and hero of the Battle of Oriskany, built
Herkimer Home in 1764.
As Brigadier General of the Tryon County Militia,
Herkimer commanded the American forces who marched
to the relief of Fort Stanwix (Rome) when the fort
was besieged during the three-pronged . . . — Map (db m4269) |
| New York (Montgomery County), Fultonville — Site of The Battle of Oriskany |
| | Historic New York
Site of The Battle of Oriskany,
August 6, 1777
Oriskany Battlefield
(Eight miles west of Utica)
The Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodies
engagements of the American Revolution. British and
Indians here ambushed the Tryon County militia as
they were marching to the relief of Fort Stanwix (Rome). General Nicholas Herkimer, though wounded, rallied his forces and directed the fight until the enemy fled.
Defeated at Oriskany and unable to force the
surrender . . . — Map (db m4267) |
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