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Fort Stanwix National Monument

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  • Willett Center: Open daily 9 am - 5 pm Ranger-led tours of the fort leave from the Willett Center at 10 am & 2 pm Fort: Open daily 9:15 am - 4:45 pm
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  • 100 N. James Street, Rome, NY
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  • Fort Bull to Rome Sites 8.6 miles
  • Oriskany Battlefield 45.6 miles
  • Tour of Rome Sites 2.6 miles

An Historic Site for All Time

For thousands of years the ancient trail that connects the Mohawk River and Wood Creek served as a vital link for people traveling between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Ontario. Travelers used this well-worn route through Oneida Indian territory to carry trade goods and news, as well as diseases, to others far away. When Europeans arrived they called this trail the Oneida Carrying Place and inaugurated a significant period in American history--a period when nations fought for control of not only the Oneida Carrying Place, but the Mohawk Valley, the homelands of the Six Nations Confederacy, and the rich resources of North America as well. In this struggle Fort Stanwix would play a vital role. Known as "the fort that never surrendered," Fort Stanwix, under the command of Col. Peter Gansevoort, successfully repelled a prolonged siege, in August 1777, by British, German, Loyalist, Canadian, and American Indian troops and warriors commanded by British Gen. Barry St. Leger. The failed siege combined with the battles at Oriskany, Bennington, and Saratoga thwarted a coordinated effort by the British in 1777, under the leadership of Gen. John Burgoyne, to take the northern colonies, and led to American alliances with France and the Netherlands. Troops from Fort Stanwix also participated in the 1779 Clinton-Sullivan Campaign and protected America's northwest frontier from British campaigns until finally being abandoned in 1781.

Nearby

  • Rome Historical Society 0.2 miles
  • Fort Bull Marker 2.4 miles
  • Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site 5 miles
  • Oriskany Village Museum 7.6 miles
  • Oneida County Historical Society 13.2 miles

Similar

  • Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site5 miles
  • Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park45.8 miles
  • Saratoga National Historical Park/Saratoga Monument92.4 miles

Events

  • Holiday Open House Nov 25, 2017
  • 3rd annual International Archeology Day Celebration Oct 15, 2016
  • Movie at the Fort Jul 10, 2015
  • British Occupation of Fort Stanwix May 23, 2015
  • Backyard Rangers -Winter Traditions of the Oneidas Jan 17, 2015

Historical Facts

  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix Jan 1, 1768

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