Legacy
His home, in what is now Danube, New York, is preserved as the Herkimer Home State Historic Site. Herkimer County, New York was named in his honor. His nephew, John Herkimer, later became a U.S. Congressman.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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