Breadbasket of the Revolution

Arkell Museum

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.

Cherry Valley Museum

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...

Fort Klock Historic Restoration

Fort Klock, a fortified stone homestead in the Mohawk River Valley of New York State, was built c.1750 by Johannes Klock. On October 19, 1780, the Battle of Klock's Field was fought just to west-north...

Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park

The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park marks the site of Fort Plain/Rensselaer, a Revolutionary War fortress built in 1779 to protect local residents from Valley raids and evacuees from Cherry Vall...

Herkimer Home State Historic Site

This Georgian-style mansion was the home to Revolutionary War hero, General Nicholas Herkimer. Herkimer completed construction of the mansion about 1764 and died here following a leg injury he sustain...

Old Fort Johnson

Old Fort Johnson is the 1749 Baronial home of Sir William Johnson (1715-1774) the first Baronet of New York and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern British colonies. Fort Johnson was...

Old Stone Fort Museum Complex

This 1772 church was fortified in 1777 and attacked by the British in 1780. Now a 125-year-old museum, it is filled with amazing artifacts like a fire engine built before George Washington was born! ...

Oneida County Historical Society

Site of Iroquois village, Onaquaga

Lying south and west of what now the SW corner of Otsego county, the Iroquois settlement at Onaquaga (now North Windsor) was hundreds of years old, a trading post and missionary station. During the 1...

Site of Iroquois village, Unadilla

Site of the historic Iroquois village of Unadilla and marker of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign route along the Susquehanna River south and west. Raids on old Unadilla and (nearby) Onaquaga occurre...