Verona in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Oneida Country
Historic New York
Photographed By Michael Herrick, October 18, 2017
1. The Oneida Country Marker
Inscription.
The Oneida Country. Historic New York.
Historic New York The Oneida Country . The Oneida Indians joined the Mohawks. Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas, about 1550, to form the Five Nations, or Iroquois Confederacy. This was the legendary "Great Peace" made by the Indian statesmen Hiawatha and Dekanawidah. Called "People of the Standing Stone" from an upright rock at their meeting place, the Oneidas had their principal settlement south of Oneida Lake. In 1722, the Tuscaroras coming from North Carolina settled west of the Oneidas and became the sixth Iroquois nation. Living along the Mohawk River trade route and near the source of the Susquehanna River, the Oneidas were hunters, traders and farmers. Influenced by their missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneidas sided with the Americans during the Revolution while others of the Confederacy aided the British. Some of their lands were opened for settlement by the Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1768; later more Oneida land was ceded to the state. Early in the nineteenth century turnpikes were built through this region providing a principal route westward and were followed by the Erie Canal in 1825. Later came the railroads and improved highways. The fertile soil of this bottom land is intensively cultivated for large scale truck farming.
Education Department State of New York 1965 NYS Thruway Authority.
Historic New York
The Oneida Country
The Oneida Indians joined the Mohawks. Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas, about 1550, to form the Five Nations, or Iroquois Confederacy. This was the legendary "Great Peace" made by the Indian statesmen Hiawatha and Dekanawidah. Called "People of the Standing Stone" from an upright rock at their meeting place, the Oneidas had their principal settlement south of Oneida Lake. In 1722, the Tuscaroras coming from North Carolina settled west of the Oneidas and became the sixth Iroquois nation. Living along the Mohawk River trade route and near the source of the Susquehanna River, the Oneidas were hunters, traders and farmers. Influenced by their missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneidas sided with the Americans during the Revolution while others of the Confederacy aided the British. Some of their lands were opened for settlement by the Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1768; later more Oneida land was ceded to the state.
Early in the nineteenth century turnpikes were built through this region providing a principal route westward and were followed by the Erie Canal in 1825. Later came the railroads and improved highways. The fertile soil of this bottom land is intensively cultivated for large scale truck farming.
Education Department State of New York 1965 NYS Thruway
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Erected 1965 by State of New York Education Department, NYS Thruway Authority.
Location. 43° 7.785′ N, 75° 31.921′ W. Marker is in Verona, New York, in Oneida County. Marker is on Interstate 90, 3 miles east of New York State Route 365, on the right. Located in the text stop, eastbound I-90 after Exit 33. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Verona NY 13478, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
