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 Valley. The museum features the history of the middle Mohaw

“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 Plain and Canajoharie on the Mohawk River, making military

The Snells Bush church was built by the Palatines on a piece of land donated by the Snell family. Originally the land was given to Jacob Zimmerman and Johan Jost Snell, by a land grant given to them from King Hendrick the Mohawk (Chief) Great Sachem in 17