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Of note up in 'Twin's neck of the woods, not far from the confluence of Schoharie Creek and the Mohawk River is the Old Stone Fort AKA "Lower Fort". During the American Revolution it was famously defended by Tim Murphy and others against Joseph Brant's mixed party of Mohawk and Tory raiders.

Eighty year later, during the War Between the States it was used as an armory, and needed to be kept under guard because of the conspicuous number of Confederate sympathizers among the area residents.

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