Then and Now: Archeology at Fort Stanwix

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Since people have been walking this ground for almost 10,000 years, a lot has happened here. We know a little bit about the earliest days, but mostly we know about the nineteenth century. Find out more about what happened here before we showed up.

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Up to 1620 Before the Europeans

1620 to 1768 Colonization and the Iroquois

1770 to 1820 Revolution and the New Nation

1820 to 1850 The Erie Canal and Transformations of New York State

1850 to 1900 The Stanwix Hall Hotel

 

In the 1970s, the Stanwix Hall Hotel and other buildings on the site were demolished as part of the reconstruction of Fort Stanwix on its original site. The project area marked on the photo below shows where the Willett Center is located. The bank is located in the lower center of the photograph.

A 1960s aerial photograph showing the Willett Center site when the Stanwix Hall Hotel and other buildings were still standing.

 

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