by
Susan R. Perkins, Caryl A. Hopson
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
The village of Herkimer, incorporated on April 6, 1807, was the first village in Herkimer County and was named after Revolutionary War hero Gen. Nicholas Herkimer. First settled by the Palatine Germans in 1725, the village�s ideal location at the juncture of the Mohawk River and West Canada Creek made...