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

Fort Ehle

Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, October 12, 2025

1. Fort Ehle Marker

Inscription. Named for Sgt John Ehle
It guarded a key crossing
on the Mohawk 1780-83.
The small fort's cannon
could signal Fort Plain.

Erected by Fort Plain Museum.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1780.

Location. 42° 55.459′ N, 74° 36.976′ W. Memorial is near Fort Plain, New York, in Montgomery County. It is on Hancock Street (New York State Route 5S) north of Rause Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 65 Hancock Street, Fort Plain NY 13339, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York

and in the Mohawk Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in 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

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of this marker: Canal Aqueduct (approx. half a mile away); Diefendorf Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ta-Ra-Jo-Rees (approx. 0.6 miles away); Canalway Trail: Fort Plain (approx. 0.6 miles away); Erie Canal in Fort Plain (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort Plain Free Library (approx. 0.6 miles away); Greene House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Mohawk Town (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Plain.

Also see . . . Fort Plain Museum. (Submitted on October 26, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, October 12, 2025

2. Fort Ehle Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2025, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 19, 2025, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.