General Herkimer 40 Mile March to Oriskany - 2026 DAR Memorial Tour - Marker # 8 (Utica)

Map Inscription (the same on every marker): 40 MILE ROUTE TAKEN BY GEN. HERKIMER AUG. 3-6 1777 FOR THE RELIEF OF FORT STANWIX. THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY AUG. 6, BETWEEN HERKIMER'S MEN AND ST. LEGER WITH HIS INDIANS WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE REVOLUTION. Marker #8 Inscription: 1500 FEET EAST OF THIS SPOT WAS THE GREAT FORD OF THE MOHAWK, PROTECTED IN 1758 BY THE ERECTION OF OLD FORT SCHUYLER. GENERAL HERKIMER USED THIS FORD AUGUST 5. 1777 ON HIS MARCH TO THE RELIEF OF FORT STANWIX. PLACED BY ONEIDA CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, OF UTICA , JUNE 14, 1912.