The mission of the Clinton Historical Society is to collect, preserve, document, research, and interpret the Town of Kirkland and the Clinton community’s past for current and future generations, and to make its rich heritage readily available to our membership and general public through public programs, exhibits and publications.
In August 1777 “the fort that never surrendered,” successfully repelled a prolonged siege under the command of Col. Peter Gansevoort.
An association between the Mohawk Indians and the Anglican Church was first formed in the first decade of the 18th century.
The Fort Herkimer Church, also known as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of German Flatts, is a historic church located in Herkimer County, NY.
The Old Palatine Church located in Nelliston and built in 1770, is one of the oldest churches in the Mohawk Valley.
Living in the Mohawk Valley we are surrounded by historic locations that have both local and national significance.
Cooperstown, New York – The Fenimore Art Museum hosted its fifteenth annual Art by the Lake juried art invitational on Saturday, August 13. Eight awards were presented including the prestigious Fenimore Award which represents “best of show”–won by artist David (R.C.) Oster of Utica, New York.
As part of Fulton County’s Vision 2026 Development Strategy, Fulton County recently purchased a 37+/- acre parcel of land in the Town of Northampton for the site of the future museum/interpretative center. This project is in its early stages which includes meeting with local historians in Fulton, Saratoga and Hamilton Counties. The presentation is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact 518-332-0538.
Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown invites you to its Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) interpretive area, Otsego: A Meeting Place, for a vibrant afternoon of Native American song and dance.
Two years into the Revolutionary War, the British three-prong campaign of 1777 sought to seize New York’s waterways and thus divide New England from the rest of the colonies.