Scott Manning Steven, PhD talk about the Ernie Smith and the WPA Project

Date: October 7, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: iroquois Museum P.O. Box 7 324 Caverns Road Howes Cave, NY 12092
Organizer: Iroquois Museum
Phone: (518) 296-8949
Iroquois Museum

Saturday, October 7, 2023 beginning at 2pm

Ernie Smith and the WPA Project. Talk by scholar Scott Manning Stevens, PhD.

Stevens is Akwesasne Mohawk and holds a position as Assistant Professor and Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program at Syracuse University. He serves on the advisory board of the Skä-noñh Great Law of Peace Center and the board of the Adirondack Experience. This engaging talk will focus on the impact of the Seneca Arts Project (1935 – 1941) and Smith’s work in the context of cultural revitalization.

For more information, visit https://www.iroquoismuseum.org/workshops-events

Early Technology Day

Date: October 14, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: iroquois Museum P.O. Box 7 324 Caverns Road Howes Cave, NY 12092
Organizer: Iroquois Museum
Phone: (518) 296-8949
Iroquois Museum

Saturday, October 14 from 10 to 4

Visitors can watch and participate in the process of flint knapping (the ancient art of making chipped stone tools), fire making, cordage making, atlatl spear throwing and early archery.

There will be displays of projectile points, tools, and local archaeological finds from the Museum’s archaeology department. Think you've found an artifact? Please bring it with you and the Museum’s experts will be glad to try to identify it for you.

For more information, visit https://www.iroquoismuseum.org/workshops-events

40th Annual Iroquois Festival

Start date: September 2, 2023
End date: September 3, 2023
All-day event
Location: iroquois Museum P.O. Box 7 324 Caverns Road Howes Cave, NY 12092
Organizer: Iroquois Museum
Phone: (518) 296-8949
Iroquois Museum

Saturday, September 2 & Sunday, September 3, 2023

Celebrate Iroquois creativity and self-expression while enjoying a weekend filled with exciting events and activities! 

This annual festival features an Art Market open exclusively to Iroquois artists. Both contemporary and traditional art forms are showcased. With this much talent in one place, visitors are assured of finding a treasure to take home.

Other weekend highlights include traditional Iroquois social dances performed by The Sky Dancers from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. You might even find yourself invited to the dance floor to participate! Onondaga storyteller Perry Ground returns with tales of daring feats and astounding adventures. Local wildlife rehabilitator Kelly Martin will be in attendance to discuss wildlife conservation in our bioregion and display a variety of wild animals including birds of prey. The Museum’s archeology department will be available to help identify archeological finds and give demonstrations of flintknapping and other early technologies. There will be a children's area with art & traditional crafts activities, and an opportunity to sample some delectable Native foods from our Haudenosaunee food vendors!

Ticket Prices: 

  • Adults: $10
  • Children (5-17): $5
  • Children Under 5: Free
  • Museum Members: $8
  • Children of Museum Members: $4

The White Horse Regent: Governor William Bouck

Date: September 15, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Old Stone Fort Museum, 145 Fort Rd, Schoharie, NY 12157
Organizer: Old Stone Fort Museum & Schoharie County Historical Society
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

Join us for a lecture by David Brooks at the Fort!

September 15 at 7pm

Brooks will be discussing the life and political career of William Bouck, the only New York State Governor from Schoharie County. Following the lecture, you will have the opportunity to see items from the SCHS's collection as well as items on loan relating to Bouck. 

The Old Stone Fort was built as a High Dutch (German) Reformed church in 1772. 

It was the third building erected by the congregation of the Palatine German settlement of Fuchs Dorf (Fox Town).  Builders chiseled parishioners’ names into the stones. They include many of the early families of the valley.

Through the Civil War and until 1873 it was used as a militia/National Guard armory.  Then the state turned it over to Schoharie County for preservation. In 1889, the Schoharie County Historical Society was chartered to operate a museum at the old fort and by 1899 a catalog of 2,500 items was published.

For the past 125 years, visitors have learned about the first Dutch and German settlers in the Schoharie Valley and their Indian neighbors, viewing artifacts that date back to the early 1700s — including a fire engine built before George Washington was born!  Stories of the Revolutionary War on the frontier are illustrated with muskets, swords, powder horns, and even the British cannonball that was recovered from a roof beam during renovations in the 1830s.  A double-barreled rifle attributed to legendary marksman Timothy Murphy who served here and remained after the war is a highlight.  A Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit was installed in 2011 recognizing the soldiers from Schoharie County that served from Fort Sumter (literally!) to Appomattox.

New York State historic marker nearby Yellow Church Cemetery.

National Historic Marker Day

Date: April 28, 2023
All-day event
Location: Locations throughout the Mohawk Valley
Organizer: Little Falls Historical Society
Fulton County | Herkimer County | Montgomery County | Oneida County | Otsego County | Schoharie County

A service-oriented event intended to bring people together to help maintain their historic markers, celebrate local history, and beautify their communities.

The event is sponsored in part by the William Pomeroy Foundation.

There are approximately 172,000 historic markers in the United States.

People willing to help out with National Historic Marker Day should visit the William Pomeroy Foundation website to find more complete information.

Guided Walking Tour – Foxestown

Date: September 9, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Covered Bridge Lane parking lot off Rte 443 Schoharie
Organizer: Turning Point 1777
Phone: 1 518-823-4307
Schoharie County

This tour at the north end of the Village of Schoharie features the Palatine settlement of Fuch’s Dorf, 18th century architecture, and the American Revolution.

Foxestown is the English version of Fuch’s Dorf, one of the seven Palatine Dorfs, or villages, settled by 1714. Mohawk & other native occupation sites, colonial trails & roads, Mann’s Tavern, Eckerson Mill, Stone Church parsonage, early churches, Old Stone Fort, 1772 Swart’s Tavern, Johnson Raid of 1780, David Williams Monument, Col. Peter Vroman House & so much more!

$10 adults, $5 ages 9-17. Approx. 2hrs/ 1.5 miles. More information at www.turningpoint1777.com or facebook.com/turningpoint1777

Guided Walking Tour – Foxestown

Date: July 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Covered Bridge Lane parking lot off Rte 443 Schoharie
Organizer: Turning Point 1777
Phone: 1 518-823-4307
Schoharie County

This tour at the north end of the Village of Schoharie features the Palatine settlement of Fuch’s Dorf, 18th century architecture, and the American Revolution.

Foxestown is the English version of Fuch’s Dorf, one of the seven Palatine Dorfs, or villages, settled by 1714. Mohawk & other native occupation sites, colonial trails & roads, Mann’s Tavern, Eckerson Mill, Stone Church parsonage, early churches, Old Stone Fort, 1772 Swart’s Tavern, Johnson Raid of 1780, David Williams Monument, Col. Peter Vroman House & so much more!

$10 adults, $5 ages 9-17. Approx. 2hrs/ 1.5 miles. More information at www.turningpoint1777.com or facebook.com/turningpoint1777

Guided Walking Tour – Foxestown

Date: June 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Covered Bridge Lane parking lot off Rte 443 Schoharie
Organizer: Turning Point 1777
Phone: 1 518-823-4307
Schoharie County

This tour at the north end of the Village of Schoharie features the Palatine settlement of Fuch’s Dorf, 18th century architecture, and the American Revolution.

Foxestown is the English version of Fuch’s Dorf, one of the seven Palatine Dorfs, or villages, settled by 1714. Mohawk & other native occupation sites, colonial trails & roads, Mann’s Tavern, Eckerson Mill, Stone Church parsonage, early churches, Old Stone Fort, 1772 Swart’s Tavern, Johnson Raid of 1780, David Williams Monument, Col. Peter Vroman House & so much more!

$10 adults, $5 ages 9-17. Approx. 2hrs/ 1.5 miles. More information at www.turningpoint1777.com or facebook.com/turningpoint1777

Guided Walking Tour – Foxestown

Date: May 20, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Covered Bridge Lane parking lot off Rte 443 Schoharie
Organizer: Turning Point 1777
Phone: 1 518-823-4307
Schoharie County

This tour at the north end of the Village of Schoharie features the Palatine settlement of Fuch’s Dorf, 18th century architecture, and the American Revolution.

Foxestown is the English version of Fuch’s Dorf, one of the seven Palatine Dorfs, or villages, settled by 1714. Mohawk & other native occupation sites, colonial trails & roads, Mann’s Tavern, Eckerson Mill, Stone Church parsonage, early churches, Old Stone Fort, 1772 Swart’s Tavern, Johnson Raid of 1780, David Williams Monument, Col. Peter Vroman House & so much more!

$10 adults, $5 ages 9-17. Approx. 2hrs/ 1.5 miles. More information at www.turningpoint1777.com or facebook.com/turningpoint1777

Guided Walking Tour – Foxestown

Date: April 22, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Covered Bridge Lane parking lot off Rte 443 Schoharie
Organizer: Turning Point 1777
Phone: 1 518-823-4307
Schoharie County

This tour at the north end of the Village of Schoharie features the Palatine settlement of Fuch’s Dorf, 18th century architecture, and the American Revolution.

Foxestown is the English version of Fuch’s Dorf, one of the seven Palatine Dorfs, or villages, settled by 1714. Mohawk & other native occupation sites, colonial trails & roads, Mann’s Tavern, Eckerson Mill, Stone Church parsonage, early churches, Old Stone Fort, 1772 Swart’s Tavern, Johnson Raid of 1780, David Williams Monument, Col. Peter Vroman House & so much more!

$10 adults, $5 ages 9-17. Approx. 2hrs/ 1.5 miles. More information at www.turningpoint1777.com or facebook.com/turningpoint1777