Holland patent New York

The town of Holland Patent New York  was founded in 1797 and got its name from the Holland land grant. The Holland land grant is were millions of acres of western New York, Pennsylvania and Canada were bought buy 6 dutch bankers

There are 7 historical landmarks in the town , 6 are in The Holland Patent stone church historical district, which includes 4 massive Greek revival churches, The village green and a gazebo and less then a block away the Holland Patent train depot.

Presbyterian churches also known as the twin churches 

The Welch congregational church 

Catholic church 

                                                     The gazebo in the village green

                                           Holland patent train depot and town offices

One of the parish priest for the Presbyterian church was Richard Falley Cleveland who moved to Holland Patent in September 1853 with his son who was future two term president Grover Cleveland and his daughter Rose who acted as first lady until her brother married in 1886 Richard only preached one service in Holland Patent before passing away on Oct 1 1853. Both Richard and his wife Ann's finale resting places are in the Holland patent cemetery

                                           Grover Cleveland the 22nd and 24th U.S president

Battle of Oriskany

The bloodiest battle of the revolutionary war took place in oriskany ny on August 6th 1777 american patriots and allied oneidas against the british loyalists and allied iroquois.

The commanders for the americans were Nicholas Herkimer Peter Gansevoort

and Benedict Arnold the commander for the British were Sir John Johnson John Butler

Berry St Leger and Joseph Briant. The battle field is located south of the mohawk river

raised up and divided by ravens and the oriskany flats(the river bottom lands)

                                          

   

Berry St leger was marching east crossing  central ny on his way to Albany stopping at fort

stanwix also known as Fort Schuyler in rome ny demanding that they surrender. Gen herkimer

was 2 miles away in oriskany making his way to the fort with 800 militiamen but was attacked

by Joseph Bryant and his crew of 1200 Iroquois and British loyalists. After a high number of

casualties the Americans retreated with the loss of the soldiers. The men back at the fort took

the opportunity to emerge then attacked  the British camp Gen Herkimer was shot in the leg

while on his horse and was sat up agents a tree. Herkimer's leg quickly became badly infected

and didn't get amputated for 10 days but sadly the doctor was inexperienced and the bleeding

couldn't be stopped and Herkimer died August 16th 1777, St Leger not able
to capture the fort made his way to Oswego

Oriskany(oriska) New York

Oriskany (oriska) Ny established in 1811 along the Erie Canal that runs from Lake Erie in Buffalo to the Hudson river in Albany the name Oriskany is kinda of an urban legend saying there was an error at the post office instead of being Oriska, Ny the comma was missing and was changed to Oriskany,Ny The word oriska is an Iroquois for nettles.

In the early 1900 there was an amusement park named summit park which included Dance Hall, Roller Coaster,The Whip, An Amphitheater, Shooting gallery, Observation Tower, Baseball Field, Train Ride, Japanese Shop, Penny Arcade, Boat Rides, Merry-Go-Round and more sadly the park was closed in 1927 do to the invention of the car and the ability to travel farther. The park tried to reopen in the 50s but didn't have the same success as its early days.Utica OD article about placement of the summit park marker placed oct 12th 2019








U.S.S Oriskany AirCraft Carrier (CV-34) (The mighty O) The keel was laid in 1942 and launched Aug 8th 1947. In May of 2006 the Oriskany was striped and sank to be used a reef and dive site and now carries the nickname Great Carrier Reef. the village oriskany homes monuments from the ship. The ships starboard anchor surrounded by 44 posts with the names of the 44 ship mates that died in a fire in 1966 there's also the ships bell and a skyhawk A-4E