Program

NYS Historic

Subject

Site

Location

Rail Trail near Choconut Creek, Vestal, NY

Lat/Long

42.086667, -76.06055

Grant Recipient

Town of Vestal

Chugnut was a Native American village located near the mouth of the Big Choconut Creek. On August, 18, 1779, during the American Revolution, General Enoch Poor and his forces burned the village to the ground, as part of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign.