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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 Wilderness Woman[/i] [br]Well, tomorrow I'm off to the Mohawk Valley. More precisely, to the home of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer, near Little Falls, for this weekend is the [red]225th Anniversary Re-enactment of the Raid on German Flatts.[/red] I wrote about it recently in another forum. Sorry for the repeat, but the story more appropriately belongs here: [green]On Sept. 17, 1778, Lt. Adam Helmer and 8 other scouts were sent south toward Unadilla (NY) to see what Chief Brant and his warriors were up to. While on this mission, they were attacked and several of the scouts were killed. Adam escaped and began his famous run. He ran from present day Edmeston to Fort Herkimer, at German Flatts, on the Mohawk River, a distance of at least 30 miles, following an old Indian trail. Along the way he yelled a warning to residents of farms he came across. He arrived at the fort with clothing in tatters, bloodied and bruised and thoroughly exhausted. The general alarm was sounded at the fort and citizens began gathering there for protection, where they watched their homes and farms being burned. Adam collapsed into a deep sleep and didn't awaken until about 36 hours later. Folks feared that his heart had been so taxed by his run that he would never awaken. But he did and was back on duty a few days later. Adam Helmer is credited with saving the lives of many valley residents on that day.[/green] The home of Gen. Herkimer is a New York State Historic Site, and is beautifully preserved in its 18th century state. Well-versed living historian/guides give tours through the home and do demonstrations of 18th century living and crafts. They give excellent events and programs throughout the summer season. On the property, near the house, is a small cemetery where the General was buried when he died from a botched leg amputation after being wounded at the Battle of Oriskany. A tall monument marks his grave. Also near the house, is a modern barn that houses an excellent little museum that is chock full of artifacts and well-designed exhibits about life (both colonial and Native American) in the Mohawk Valley in the 18th century. Admission to the museum is free, and the tour of the home is a paltry $3.00 for adults. I highly recommend this site for a good old-fashioned dose of American colonial history! The following is an excellent link to information about the Herkimer Home State Historic Site. www.littlefallsny.com/HerkimerHome/Page1.htm [fwf] [/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. Check here to subscribe to this topic.