Otsego in Otsego County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Welcome to Otsego: A Meeting Place
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 16, 2024
1. Welcome to Otsego: A Meeting Place Marker
This outdoor exhibition represents the period from 1750 through 1850-a century of critical change in Haudenosaunee history and culture-with historic buildings, gardens, and indigenous plants from the Otsego Lake region. This exhibit was inspired by the masterpieces in the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art on view in the Fenimore Art Museum. Included in the collection are works by Haudenosaunee artists which were created and used in an environment similar to the one you see here.
The Haudenosaunee homeland encompasses most of modern-day Upstate New York. The Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy inhabited this region as they pursued trade and diplomacy among themselves, other Native peoples, and European settlers. Today, the center of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy is in Onondaga territory and many of its members live throughout North America.
Many Haudenosaunee have made important contributions to American politics and culture. Joseph Brant (1742-1807) was a great Mohawk leader. Lieutenant Colonel Ely S. Parker (1828-1895), Seneca, was assistant to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox and penned the terms of General Robert E. Lee's surrender. Joanne Shenandoah (1958-2021) was a Grammy Award-winning artist from the Oneida Nation.
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[Map reads "New York State in 1600,..."] This map was drawn by the anthropologist William M. Beauchamp for the New York State Museum in 1899.
Iroquois Dolls, ca. 1870-1880
Joanne Shenandoah (1958-2021)
Erected by Fenimore Art Museum and Concerned Benefactors.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Environment • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1750.
Location. 42° 42.994′ N, 74° 55.564′ W. Marker is in Otsego, New York, in Otsego County. It can be reached from New York 80. Marker is on the Fenimore Art Museum grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5798 New York Route 80, Cooperstown NY 13326, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Haudenosaunee Garden & Pond Plantings. (a few steps from this marker); The Seneca Log House (within shouting distance of this marker); Otsego Lake (within shouting distance of this marker); The Mohawk: A Changing Home (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Otsego Lake (about 300 feet away); James Fenimore Cooper
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 16, 2024
2. Welcome to Otsego: A Meeting Place Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 157 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
