Utica Area
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Utica Area NY Historical Marker located on NY Rt. 12/NY Rt. 28 southbound in Barneveld
Waymark Code: WM181AK
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2023
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Utica Area
Situated on the important Mohawk Valley route between the Hudson River
and the Great Lakes, Utica has long been a travel crossroads. Indian trails
converged there, and Fort Schuyler was built on the site in 1758. the com-
munity which grew around the fort's ruins became the village of Utica in 1798.
During the American Revolution, patriot militia under General Nicholas
Herkimer halted a British invasion at Oriskany, on August 6, 1777, but
Tories and Indians raided Mohawk Valley communities until 1781. After the war
land speculators reopened the area to settlement. New York State gratefully
granted to Baron Friedrich von Steuben 16,000 acres near Remsen for his
services as "drillmaster of the Revolution."
Governor De Witt Clinton at Rome in 1817 started construction of
the Erie Canal, completed in 1825. The Erie Canal, its Chenango branch
to Binghamton (1836) and railroad service (1837) increased Utica's importance
as a transportation center, and the area prospered. Industrial production
started early with textile mills along Sauquoit and Oriskany Creeks. At
Ilion, Eliphalet Remington pioneered in manufacturing firearms.
Today, makers of electrical and electronics equipment have replaced textile
factories, while fertile farmlands continue as sources of dairy products.
Marker Name: Utica Area
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: State Education Department
Dedication Date: 1963
City/Town/Village Name: Barneveld
County: Oneida
Region: Central Leatherstocking (Region 6)
Website: [Web Link]
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