Legacy – Volume 2, Issue 3 – Fort Herkimer, The “Original” Globe Trotters, Ohio Folk Tales, The Mohawk Valley

by the Herkimer County Historical Society
Articles include: Fort Herkimer’s Crucial Career – Fort Herkimer was an important outpost of the British Army in North America during the French and Indian War; The “Original” Globe Trotters – the history of basketball continued from the previous issue – Frank J. Basloe became one of the sports’ earliest promoters; Ohio Folk Tales – the fate of the notorious Walter Butler, how Ohio got its name, and other matters; The Mohawk Valley – the Mohawk River – an 1833 view; Serendipitous Research – the trail of an early Herkimer Congressman John Nicholson, who was born in Herkimer, leads yet to yet another prominent native.