Herkimer Home - 1764
Three miles east of Little Falls on Route 5-S
General Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), one of the first American-born generation of the Palatine Germans who settled the Mohawk Valley, leading farmer-trader of
the Valley, and hero of the Battle of Oriskany, built
Herkimer Home in 1764.
As Brigadier General of the Tryon County Militia,
Herkimer commanded the American forces who marched
to the relief of Fort Stanwix (Rome) when the fort
was besieged during the three-pronged British invasion
of New York in 1777.
At Oriskany, August 6, 1777, British regulars and
Indians ambushed Herkimer’s troops. The General was
wounded and died ten days later. He lies buried beside
the homestead.
Marker is on New York State Thruway (Interstate 90 at milepost 184), on the right.
Courtesy hmdb.org
