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History of Oneonta
Prehistoric Perspective
For thousands of years before the white man, the Algonquin and Iroquois Indians
inhabited the land now known as the City of Oneonta. Evidence still remains of
their long occupation. Many village, camp and trail sites have been discovered.
Traces have been found of Folsom man, the earliest Indian to inhabit North
America. Four distinct stone age Indian cultures have been identified from
artifacts found in the area and there are many evidences of later Iroquois
occupation. The Indians of the Six Nations who made the valley their home were
mainly Mohawks, Oneidas, with a few Senecas and Tuscaroras. Indian archeology is
greatly indebted to Willard E. Yager, a native Oneontan, who spent most of his
life and a great deal of money studying the Indians and writing about them. His
collection of over 6,000 artifacts, now owned by Hartwick College in Oneonta, is
one of the best in the state.
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