Mohawk Valley
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Mohawk Valley region | |||
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Six-county region | |||
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Country | United States | ||
State | New York | ||
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Area | |||
• Metro | 6,984 sq mi (18,088 km2) | ||
Highest elevation at | 4,360 ft (1,330 m) | ||
Lowest elevation at | −10 ft (−3 m) | ||
• Density | 1,065/sq mi (411/km2) | ||
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The Mohawk Valley region of the
The region is a suburban and rural area surrounding the industrialized cities of
The Mohawk Valley is part of a natural passageway connecting the
During the 18th Century, the Mohawk Valley was a frontier of great political, military, and economic importance. Colonists— such as
In 1825, the Erie Canal was completed as the first commercial connection between the American East and West.
Strategic importance
During the
At the beginning of the war, the major British stronghold in the Mohawk corridor was Fort Oswego, located on Lake Ontario. The French captured and destroyed the fort after a short siege in 1756, and the Mohawk Valley lay open to French advance as a result. Although the French did not directly exploit this avenue of attack, its impact swayed some of the Iroquois tribes to the French side.
Mohawks of Mohawk Valley
The original inhabitants of the Mohawk Valley can be traced back 10,000 plus years and included
Counties
Schoharie County is sometimes considered to be part of the Mohawk Valley because the Schoharie Creek, primarily located in Schoharie County, is a major tributary that empties into the Mohawk River at Fort Hunter in Montgomery County. Furthermore, the northern border of Schoharie County with Montgomery County is very close to the Mohawk River.
Major cities and villages
- Montgomery County
- Fulton County
- Gloversville
- Johnstown
- Herkimer County
- Oneida County
- Otsego County
- Schoharie County
- Middleburgh
- Schoharie
- Cobleskill
Popular culture
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1936), an historical novel written by Walter D. Edmonds, is set in the Mohawk Valley near Deerfield during the American Revolutionary War. It was very carefully researched and portrayed the complexity of the times. The 1939 film of the same name, directed by John Ford, has been criticized for “[abandoning] the historical complexity of the original for the mythic simplification of an all-American Western.” [1]
- The Mohawk Valley is an important site in the video game Assassin's Creed III published by Ubisoft. The game takes place during the Revolutionary War era and features an assassin tasked with playing a role in the history of early America.
See also
- Mohawk Valley formula
- Dean R. Snow — archeologist who has conducted numerous excavations along the valley, providing valuable historical information about indigenous peoples and colonial America.
Sources
- ISSN 0163-6545.
- Burning of the Valleys Military Association
- Fort Johnson in the Mohawk Valley
- Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission