Site of Lock 71, Summit Level; 710 feet above Rome; from here water flowed north to St Lawrence, south to Mohawk. State Education Department 1938 — — Map (db m137974) HM
Settled 1795, named for Gerrit Boon, native of Leyden, Holland, agent of Holland Land Co., town formed 1805, village incorporated 1855. — — Map (db m96258) HM
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 by the United States Department of the Interior William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2013 — — Map (db m137976) HM
First used as a school, later bought with large tract of land by John G. Post. Passed from family in 1905. Oneida County D.P.W. 1969 — — Map (db m137980) HM
Born 1908. Worked as
carpenter. Served as village
trustee 1960-1969. Elected
mayor 1974, one of NY State's
first African American mayors. — — Map (db m141337) HM
Masonic Lodge chartered in 1797. Original charter signed by Dewitt Clinton and Robert Livingston. Lodge building constructed 1816. — — Map (db m229493) HM
499,135 acres granted to G. Scriba 1794, 24 townships surveyed by Benjamin Wright. Camden created from original towns of Linley & Bloomfield — — Map (db m65335) HM
Organized as the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Society in 1839. This structure built in 1863 as Welsh Presbyterian Church.
Became Camroden Presbyterian
Church in 1938. — — Map (db m154194) HM
World famous Bristol-Myers Company
was founded as Clinton Pharmaceutical Company
by Mr. William M. Bristol and Mr. John R. Myers on the second floor of this building in 1887. — — Map (db m150511) HM
Clinton Village Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1982
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m150553) HM
Elihu Root
Secretary of War
Secretary of State
United States Senator
Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 1912
Was born in this building
February 15, 1845 — — Map (db m150520) HM
This ginkgo - "Maiden Hair” tree was planted on the Othniel S. Williams property by the Rural Art Society circa 1850.
Great American Food Stores
Aaron Malinsky, Pres. & C.E.O.
Clinton Hist. Soc.
C. Harlin Lewis, Pres. . . . — — Map (db m150530) HM
In Memory Of
All Revolutionary Soldiers
Buried In This Cemetery Of
Whom The Following Are Known
Officers
Capt. Moses Foote Founder Of Clinton Village, 1787
Capt. Kezekiak Gridley, Jr. • Capt. Eleazer House • Dr. Seth Hastings • Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m150549) HM
A college for women. Fostered creative spirit,independent thinking and intellectual curiosity. Founded 1965, merged with Hamilton College 1978. — — Map (db m150483) HM
Moses Foote Esq. in company with
seven other families commenced the
settlement of this village Mar. 3, 1787.
Moses Foote • James Bronson • Luther Foote • Bronson Foote • Ira Foote • Barnabas Pond • Ludim Blodgett • Levi Sherman — — Map (db m150545) HM
The historic
Old Burying Ground
First burial 1788
Final burial 1920
This site contains
the graves of 48
Revolutionary War soldiers
and the founding families
of Clinton — — Map (db m150546) HM
Farming Association
existed here ca 1848-1860
settlement of free blacks
promoted by Stephen Myers,
other notable abolitionists. — — Map (db m133047) HM
Born on March 30, 1735 at Brimfield, Mass., he received his formal education at New England College.
An officer of the Lexington Alarm Militia, he fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Continuing his efforts in the War of Independence, he later . . . — — Map (db m154568) HM WM
Col. Stephen Moulton & son
Salmon buried here. Both
Revolutionary War soldiers
taken prisoner by British
at Battle of Long Island 1776 — — Map (db m154119) HM
Town of Floyd
Following Capt Benjamin Pike's arrival on the banks of the Te-Ya-Nun-Soke in
the "Punch Bowl", other settlers quickly arrived. The Te-Ya-Nun-Soke became
the Nine Mile Creek and soon a thriving village with grain mills, . . . — — Map (db m154571) HM WM
Original site of the Otter Lake Hotel 1893-1946 & New York State Music Camp 1947-1955. Now known as the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival & Institute. — — Map (db m173182) HM
Built in 1793 by Samuel Kirkland on the spot
where his friend Oneida chief Skenandoa stated
"the grass is first green in the spring and
the leaves stay on the trees longest in the fall.”
Kirkland, missionary and founder of
Hamilton . . . — — Map (db m146719) HM
To the memory of the patriots of the Revolutionary War, who are buried in this vicinity. --------------- Erected by Holland Patent Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution May 30, 1915. — — Map (db m76065) HM
The out break of the Revolutionary War in 1775 inflamed existing divisions within the Mohawk Valley's European communities and eventually affected individuals as well as tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy of the Six Nations. Forced to choose sides . . . — — Map (db m54406) HM
Down this valley, the Indians, realizing the battle had been turned in favor of the Patriots, began to yell their cry of retreat: "Oonah, oonah!" Vanishing into the valley as quickly as they had appeared, they would carry terror to the settlements . . . — — Map (db m32047) HM
After the Revolutionary War, Oriskany Battlefield’s landscape began to change dramatically. As New York’s frontier pushed westward, the impact of constructing new settlements, canals, railroads, and modern highways altered the battlefield’s . . . — — Map (db m75907) HM
When British General Barry St. Leger received word that the militia was coming, he sent out a formidable attack force comprised predominantly of Mohawk and Seneca warriors working with Sir John Johnson's Kings Royal Regiment, Col. John Butler, and . . . — — Map (db m54421) HM
The militia column, on its way to the relief of Fort Stanwix, marched into this ravine, August 6, 1777, and were ambushed by Loyalists and British. The attackers came out of hiding in woods on the west, the south and the north. — — Map (db m32045) HM
First Plaque
Anchor
USS Oriskany CVA-34
In Memory Of Those
Who Served Our Nation In
Korea-Vietnam
As Did The Aircraft Carrier
Donated By
Utica Moose Lodge No. 450
Proceeding forward . . . — — Map (db m154302) WM
A three-pronged attack, known as the Campaign of 1777, was launched by the British under the direction of Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne. The strategy was to split New England from the other colonies by gaining control of New York State.
During his . . . — — Map (db m32036) HM
A three-pronged attack, known as the Campaign of 1777, was launched by the British under the direction of Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne. The strategy was to split New England from the other colonies by gaining control of New York State.
During his . . . — — Map (db m32157) HM
[Tablet on South Side of Monument]
Here the Battle of Oriskany was fought
On the sixth day of August, A.D. 1777
Here British invasion was checked and thwarted
Here General Nicholas Herkimer, intrepid leader
Of the American forces . . . — — Map (db m32119) HM
Gen. Nicholas Herkimer, wounded early in the battle, was carried to a safer spot beneath a beech tree now marked by a stone monument. Although urged by his militiamen to retire from danger, he replied: "I will face the enemy!"
Directing the . . . — — Map (db m32056) HM
In the Valley homes was great mourning. For such a small population, the losses were almost overwhelming. In some families the male members were wiped out. It was many a long, weary year before the sorrow and suffering caused by the sacrifices at . . . — — Map (db m32034) HM
40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
Near this spot
on the night . . . — — Map (db m65974) HM
40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
Near this spot
Stood the . . . — — Map (db m32062) HM
In memory of those who
gave the supreme sacrifice
World War I
William Mayo •
Adelbert Phillips
World War II
Edgar Beeman •
Alvin Bradley•
Charles Gubbins•
George Phillips •
Robert Provost
Korea
Charlie Jones • Joseph . . . — — Map (db m154218) WM
Since the profound impact of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address first sanctified battlefields as grounds of sacrifice, America's battlefields have become gathering places to commemorate heroic deeds and honor patriotic ideals. Today, battlefields remain . . . — — Map (db m54422) HM
On August 3, 1777, when British General Barry St.Leger reached Fort Stanwix, he found it held by colonial forces and began a siege. Soon after, to relieve the fort, about 800 men of the Tryon County Militia, commanded by General Nicholas . . . — — Map (db m54426) HM
Historic New York
Site of The Battle of Oriskany
August 6, 1777
The Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodiest engagements of the American Revolution. British and Indians here ambushed the Tryon County militia as they were marching to . . . — — Map (db m22747) HM
Opened 1897 on Oriskany Bluffs with games, rides, band
and dancing. Trolley entered
park from Oklahoma Ave.
Pres. T. Roosevelt visited 1910. — — Map (db m154160) HM
Parched and exhausted from heat and humidity on their march to Fort Stanwix, some of General Herkimer’s men broke ranks and ran to this creek for water. Although Sir John Johnson had told his Indian allies not to attack until all of Herkimer’s men . . . — — Map (db m16106) HM
Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant prepared an ambush along the military road to Fort Stanwix where it passed through this ravine. When most of the militia had entered their trap, the hidden Mohawk and Seneca warriors attacked. Johnson's Royal Greens . . . — — Map (db m54424) HM
Joseph Brant, familiar with the terrain, probably selected the place of ambush ~ where a small stream crossed the military road. The military road of 1777 was about ten rods north of the present highway. — — Map (db m32040) HM
The military road
On August 6, 1777, the Tryon County militia marched down a wilderness road that entered this ravine. A “corduroy” road, made of logs, it was the only means by which General Herkimer and his men could reach Fort . . . — — Map (db m16109) HM
On August 6, 1877, the centennial commemorating the Battle of Oriskany was celebrated. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour was the main speaker. At sunrise, salutes fired from the guns on the battlefield announced a glorious day. Every home in the village . . . — — Map (db m81154) HM
Both sides regrouped during a driving rain. Herkimers's troops concentrated here, forming an irregular circle. The attackers were on all sides. — — Map (db m22893) HM
(Center/Main Marker)
To The Unknown Patriotic Soldiers of Tryon County
Who Under The Leadership Of
Colonel Ebenezer Cox • Colonel Jacob Klock
Colonel Peter Bellinger • Colonel Frederick Visscher
Followed
— Herkimer — . . . — — Map (db m241579) HM WM
Oriskany Battlefield stands at the very heart of the American Revolution in the Mohawk River Valley. As in past conflicts, in 1777 the valley again became a critical military corridor for the movement of men and materials.
The story of the . . . — — Map (db m54434) HM
Early Training Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard August von Steuben is perhaps best known in this country for turning a motley assortment of untrained American colonists into an effective fighting force capable of defeating the powerful British . . . — — Map (db m76199) HM
Reburial & Commemoration When road construction disturbed Steuben’s burial site in 1804, his former aide and estate executor, Benjamin Walker, had the baron’s body moved to the five-acre wooded area, now called the Sacred Grove. Walker donated . . . — — Map (db m76204) HM
In grateful recognition of the care and reverence bestowed upon the grave of General Baron Frederick William von Steuben by the Welsh settlers and their descendants through their churches Chapel Isaf and the Baptist Church of Remsen Oneida . . . — — Map (db m75927) HM
Soldier of the Revolution. Changed his name from Arnold to Steben at the suggestion of Baron Steuben. Buried in adjoining meadow. — — Map (db m75778) HM
Recognition from the Commander In Chief General Washington’s final official letter as commander of the Continental Army was written to Steuben on December 23, 1783. In it, Washington paid tribute to Steuben and thanked him for his role in . . . — — Map (db m76201) HM
Officer in the Prussian Army 1746 – 1763 Major General and Inspector General Army of the United States 1778 – 1784 -------------------- Trained under Frederick the Great during the Seven Years War, he brought to Washington the expert . . . — — Map (db m75930) HM
of 16,000 acres by the State of New York, June 27, 1786 for service in the Revolution. He cleared sixty acres near here for home site (1788-1793). — — Map (db m75925) HM
(Three miles northwest of Remsen, Oneida County) Home and grave of Baron Frederick William von Steuben (1730-1794) Drillmaster of the American Revolution Arriving at Valley Forge in February, 1778, this German-born officer found . . . — — Map (db m75951) HM
Situated on the important Mohawk Valley route between the Hudson River and the Great Lakes, Utica has long been a travel crossroads. Indian trails converged there, and Fort Schuyler was built on the site in 1758. The community which grew . . . — — Map (db m75953) HM
Created in the 1940s, Alley Oop once stood watch outside the barracks of the former Rome Air Depot.
Named after the prehistoric comic strip character, servicemen crafted the statue in their spare time to guard the facility.
Thanks to the . . . — — Map (db m154124) HM
Artillery was a specialist discipline, requiring knowledge of math and use of measuring tools to calculate trajectories of cannon and mortar. Artillery soldiers therefore received better pay and living conditions than regular soldiers, although . . . — — Map (db m76037) HM
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