General Nicholas Herkimer Monument
[Text on the North side of the memorial]:
Herkimer
[Text on the West side of the memorial]:
Erected
by the
State of New York.
1896
[Text on the South side of the memorial]:
To the memory of
General Nicholas Herkimer,
who died Aug. 17, 1777,
of wounds received at the Battle
of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777, where,
commanding the Tryon County militia,
he defeated the English troops,
with their Tory and Indian allies.
[Text on the East side of the memorial]:
Nicolas Herchhcimer
Honor to Patriots
Marker is on State Route 169 (New York Route 169) east of General Herkimer Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
