Dutch Reform Church

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等到 LE OLD STONE FORT, BUILT 1772. 政法保存法 請途存关系 存皮务孕券 號外 送家有关友

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FAVORITE SIDNEY SOCIETY COMMERCIAL PRINTERS PRINTING COMPANY Built in 1772 as a house of worship by the Dutch Reform Church of Schoharie. In 1777 it was en- closed by a stockade of logs and used as a post for the protection of the Valley and a place of safety for the inhabitants during the British and Indian raids. The most important raid was in October, 1780, under Sir John Johnson and the Chiefs Brant and Corn- planter, who, with a force about 800 strong, consist- ing of British Regulars, Tories and Indians, made an unsuccessful attack on the fort. A hole made by a cannon, shot at that time, is still shown in the cor- nice. It is one of the few remaining frontier forts of the Revolution. It is now the property of Schoharie County, and is preserved as an historical building by the Board of Supervisors. Here