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Fonda is a village in and the county seat of Montgomery County, New York, United States. [2] The population was 795 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Douw Fonda , [ 3 ] a Dutch-American settler who was killed and scalped in 1780, during a Mohawk raid in the Revolutionary War , when the tribe was allied with the British.
Caughnawaga Indian Village Site (also known as the Veeder site) is an archaeological site located just west of Fonda in Montgomery County, New York.It is the location of a 17th-century Mohawk nation village.
Fonda – The Village of Fonda is the county seat, and is located on the north bank of the Mohawk River on NY Route 5. It is near the Caughnawaga Indian Village Site. Tribes Hill – A hamlet in the eastern part of the town on NY-5. Yosts – A hamlet on NY-5 and the north bank of the Mohawk River, west of Fonda.
Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district is one of only ...
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,532. [2] The county seat is Fonda. [3] The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec.
Walter Butler Homestead, also known as Butlersbury, is a historic home located near Fonda in Montgomery County, New York. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, 40-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 18th-century farmhouse. It has a limestone block foundation and cellar and attic.
New York State Route 334 (NY 334) is a north–south state highway in the Mohawk Valley region of New York in the United States. It extends for 5.96 miles (9.59 km) from an intersection with NY 5 in the village of Fonda to a junction with NY 67 in the town of Johnstown .
Also in Virginia City is the Silver Queen Hotel and Wedding Chapel, [40] which is famous for its picture of a woman whose dress is made entirely of silver dollars. The hotel was built in 1876 and includes a saloon. Virginia City was declared a National Historic Landmark district in 1961, and has been carefully preserved to retain its historic ...