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Nellis Tavern is an historic inn and tavern built about 1750 as a farmhouse and expanded around 1790 to its present form. After the American Civil War, the tavern business declined and the building be...
The Arkell Museum in Canajoharie has a world-renowned collection of American paintings- including those of Winslow Homer- as well as historical exhibits about the history of the Mohawk River Valley.
Birthplace of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (First Native American Saint) and National Shrine of North American Martyrs.
The Battle of Cobleskill (also known as the Cobleskill massacre) was a raid on the frontier settlement of Cobleskill on May 30, 1778. The battle marked the start of a phase in which Loyalists and Iroq...
Considered the last battle of the Northern theatre of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Johnstown, Oct. 25, 1781, was led by Patriot Colonel Marinus Willett. Willet and his men defeated British for...
On October 20, 1780 the army of British Colonel Sir John Johnson left the ruins of Stone Arabia behind returning to the Mohawk River moving westerly towards Canada and home. General Robert Van Renssel...
The Old Stone Fort was among three forts erected along Schoharie Creek to protect Schoharie Valley. After George Mann’s defection, only one of these forts, called Fort Defyance in today’s Middleburgh,...
Bronze plaque on stone: Near this spot Catherine Merkley on October 18, 1780 fleeing on horseback from the Indians was was shot and scalped by Seth's Henry.
Exhibits at the 1815 Federal House range from 1778 Cherry Valley massacre and siege of Fort Alden to the late 20th century. Collections include 1830s memorabilia, antique fire engines and a diorama of...
“Here was built a dam the summer of 1779 by the soldiers under Gen. Clinton to enable them to join the forces under Gen. Sullivan at Tioga.” Hauling 208 boats and all their supplies from Fort Pla...