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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1624/00/00 Dutch West India Company Director The Dutch West India Co sends 18 Protestant Walloons to build Fort Orange. The company appoints "comforter of sick" to read scripture and a sermon on the sabbath.
1656/00/00 Philip Pieterse Schuyler Work Governor Peter Stuyvesant appoints Philip P Schuyler vice-director of Fort Orange, New Netherland.
1664/09/24 Vice-director of New Netherland Johannes de Montagne surrenders Fort Orange to the English, and Colonel George Cartwright takes command. Losing New Netherland

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Particulars for Fort Orange Archeological Site:
Cultural Affiliation Dutch American
Structure Type Fortification
Area of Significance Historic - aboriginal
Criteria Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation Mahican
Cultural Affiliation Mohawk
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Site
Owner State
Historic Use Trade (archeology)
Cultural Affiliation Walloon Americam



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th November 1993

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Orange Archeological Site
Registry Address: Jct. of I-787 and US 9 and 20
Registry Number: 93001620
Resource Type: Site
Owner: State
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Historic - aboriginal
Applicable Criteria: Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Mohawk, Mahican, Dutch
Significant Year: 1624, 1664, 1676
Historic Function: Defense, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Trade (archeology), Fortification
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Rail-related

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