Fort Herkimer

43.0185 -74.960733Coordinates: 43 ° 1 ′ 6.6 ″ N , 74 ° 57 ′ 38.6 ″ W.

Plan of Fort Herkimer

Fort Herkimer , also known as Fort Kaouri, was a colonial fort on the south side of the Mohawk River , across from the mouth of its West Canada Creek tributary in what is now German Flatts , in Herkimer County , New York , USA .

It should not be confused with Fort Dayton , which was on the north side of the Mohawk River in what is now Herkimer .

history

The fort was built in 1740 from the fortification of Nicholas Herkimer's family home . The future brigadier general of the state militia in the American Revolutionary War was born in this house and spent his childhood here. His father Hans-Jost Herchheimer built this large stone house in 1728.

The Mohawk Indians called the place where Hans-Jost Herchheimer settled Kaouri or Oquari , which means bear in German . After settling here, he probably opened a small shop. The adjacent area, including the stone house and shop, was initially known as Herkimer's . After 1750 the area was initially called Fort Kaouri and soon afterwards Fort Herkimer .

The stone house had two floors, was about 21 m long and 12 m wide. It had an estimated two foot stone walls and loopholes on each floor as well as on the ground floor. In addition, the house was fortified with a ramp and a two-meter-wide ditch. In addition, the four corners of the hill had small bastions.

This historic building was demolished around 1820 when the Erie Canal was expanded.

Web links

Old Fort Herkimer

Individual evidence

^ Benson J. Lossing: The pictorial field-book of the revolution; or, illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the war for independence. Volume I., Chapter XI., Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY 1850 ( book )
↑ WNP Dailey: To which is added sketches of Mohawk valley men and events of early days, the Iroquois, Palatines, Indian missions, Tryon county committee of safety, Sir Wm. Johnson, Joseph Brant, Arendt Van Curler, Gen. Herkimer, Reformed church in America, doctrine and progress, revolutionary residences, etc. In: The history of Montgomery classic, RCA Recorder press, Amsterdam, NY 1916, p. 46 ( PDF )
^ ^A ^b Nelson Greene: THE HOME AND NAME OF GENERAL HERKIMER: With Some Notes and Comments on the Americanism of Herkimer and His Troops, the Americanism of the Revolutionary Mohawk Valley and the Present-Day American Ideal . In: Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association . tape 14 , 1915, ISSN 0146-3500 , p. 365-402 , JSTOR : 42890048 .
↑ Old Fort Herkimer New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

[1] Benson J. Lossing: The pictorial field-book of the revolution; or, illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the war for independence. Volume I., Chapter XI., Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY 1850 ( book )

[2] WNP Dailey: To which is added sketches of Mohawk valley men and events of early days, the Iroquois, Palatines, Indian missions, Tryon county committee of safety, Sir Wm. Johnson, Joseph Brant, Arendt Van Curler, Gen. Herkimer, Reformed church in America, doctrine and progress, revolutionary residences, etc. In: The history of Montgomery classic, RCA Recorder press, Amsterdam, NY 1916, p. 46 ( PDF )

[:0-3] A ^b Nelson Greene: THE HOME AND NAME OF GENERAL HERKIMER: With Some Notes and Comments on the Americanism of Herkimer and His Troops, the Americanism of the Revolutionary Mohawk Valley and the Present-Day American Ideal . In: Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association . tape 14 , 1915, ISSN 0146-3500 , p. 365-402 , JSTOR : 42890048 .

[4] Old Fort Herkimer New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History. Retrieved November 17, 2019.