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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Monadnock Hiker[/i] [br]http://npshistory.com/publications/foundation-documents/fost-fd-overview.pdf . Fort Stanwix tells the story of the Oneida Carrying Place, a sixmile portage connecting the Mohawk River and Wood Creek. This portage was a vital link in water transportation between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. The American Indians referred to this area as the “Great Carrying Place” or “Two Rivers Together.” . The British built Fort Stanwix in 1758 during the French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War) to protect the Carry and to prevent the French from moving south from Canada into New York’s Mohawk Valley. ... It was abandoned by the British in 1766 and rebuilt by the Continental Army, renamed Fort Schuyler, in 1776. The following year, the Continental garrison refused to surrender during a 21-day siege by a contingent of British soldiers, Loyalists, foreign troops, and their Indian allies. . Following the nearby Battle of Oriskany and the arrival of Continental Army reinforcements, the British withdrew. In 1781, fire destroyed part of the fort and it was decommissioned. . Significant treaties were signed at Fort Stanwix, including the 1768 Boundary Line Treaty and 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix. The State of New York also negotiated four land deals with the Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga Indians at the site in 1788 and 1790. European-American settlement in the Rome area began after 1785 with the settlement of Lynchville, renamed Rome in 1819. The site of Fort Stanwix became the focus for Rome’s commercial and residential development, and gradually evidence of the fort disappeared under the city’s development. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.