1890, 117 years ago: The Fort Schuyler Club soon will be one of the best lighted buildings in Utica. The Electric Light and Power Co. is installing 150 electric lights in the club house at Genesee ...

The much expanded Officer’s Club highlighted the greater role the fort played in the 1880s. During that decade, the Army spent a lot of money upgrading the fort, with expanded barracks, officer’s and ...

GENERAL TELEGRAPH NEWS; A LESSON FOR UTICA STALWARTS. DEFEATED FOR PARTISAN INTERFERENCE IN THE AFFAIRS OF A SOCIAL CLUB. Jan. 15, 1884 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original ...

A 1,700-man British force reaches Fort Stanwix (called Fort Schuyler by Americans during the Revolutionary War), surrounds it and begins its siege. Defending the fort is Col. Peter Gansevoort and ...