Oneonta

Oneonta lies on the upper Susquehanna River, where a broad valley opens between wooded hills. Native communities lived along the river and its tributaries; the village of Tiondadon stood farther upstream near the mouth of Schenevus Creek. In 1779 General James Clinton's army travelled down the Susquehanna from Otsego Lake to join John Sullivan's campaign against Haudenosaunee settlements. After the war, settlers established farms on the river flats and a new community grew in the valley.