Oneida Carry Forts Oneida Carry Forts: 1755, Oneida County,
Rome. The present City of Rome is located on the Oneida Carry.
This was the the western most navigatible part of the Mohawk
River to the navigatible part of Wood Creek that led to Oneida
Lake, Oswego River and Lake Ontario. In 1755 the British built
Forts Williams, Newport and Bull to protect this key portage.
After a destructive raid on Fort Bull it was replaced with Fort
Wood Creek, and Fort Craven was started to replace Fort
Williams. After the French took the Oswego Forts, these forts
were destroyed and the British withdrew further East. Later they
returned to the region and built Fort Stanwix. Back to Forts M-P
Index New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs:
Military February 20, 2006