Fort Herkimer

Fort Herkimer

Fort Herkimer was a fort located on the southern side of the Mohawk River, opposite West Canada Creek, in New York, United States.

The fort was first built in 1740, around the homestead of the Herscheimer (Herkimer) family. In 1757, young Captain Nicholas Herkimer (later to be a heroic general in the Revolutionary War) had his first military command here when the French attacked German Flatts in 1757 and 1758. It has originally known as Fort Kaouri (Fort Bear).

The fort was later rebuilt during the American Revolutionary War around the Fort Herkimer Church.

Both the old and new forts were destroyed during construction of the Erie Canal, but the Fort Herkimer Church still stands today.

Fort Herkimer is sometimes confused with nearby Fort Dayton, around which the Village of Herkimer was built. The church belongs to the Montgomery Classis of the Reformed Church in America.

External links

* [http://www.revolutionaryday.com/nyroute5/ftherkimer/default.htm Text of historical marker] along New York State Route 5
* [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsE_L/HerkimerOldFort.htm Old Fort Herkimer] at New York State Military Museum
* [http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums/herkimer.htm Biography of Nicholas Herkimer] which mentions the fort


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