Historic New York - Unadilla Region - Afton, NY - New York Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

"Indians living in the valleys of the Unidilla and Susquehanna Rivers played an important role in the regions early history. Fur traders from Albany and the Mohawk Valley reached the Oquaqa (now Windsor), and a mission to the Indians was established there. The Treaty of Fort Stanwicx in 1768 drew a line along the Unadilla River and southward marking the western limit of white settlement, but failed to bring peace to the frontier. During the Revolution the Mohawk leader Joseph Brant organized the Indians of the area, and these joined Tories in terrifying raids upon the settlements. In relation, the Sullivan-Clinton campaign of 1779 destroyed the villages of the Indians and burned their corn, thus forcing them to leave the region. After the Revolution came land speculators, like Robert Harpur who in 1795 founded Harpursville, with a grant of 30,000 acres, and brought in settlers from the Mohawk Valley and New England. Lumber and agricultural products from the area were rafted down the Susquehanna to market. In 1869 the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, which became a part of the Delaware and Hudson line, was completed, and industry developed along its route. Farms were principally devoted to dairying: and creameries and factories for milk products were established. Travel and transport once so heavy on the river and railroad have largely been replaced by motor traffic on modern highways."

Marker Name: Historic New York - Unadilla Region Marker Type: Roadside Agency: Education Department, Department of Public Works, State of New York Dedication Date: 1963 City/Town/Village Name: Afton County: Chenango Region: The Catskills (Region 8) Website: Not listed

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