Henry Marcus Quackenbush, commonly called "H.M.", was an American inventor and industrialist who founded the H.M. Quackenbush Company in Herkimer, New York. His company was widely known for its air rifles and for the invention of the metal, spring-jointed nutcracker.
Quackenbush building, 220 Prospect Street, Herkimer.
Herkimer (village), New York
Herkimer is a village on the north side of the Mohawk River and the county seat of Herkimer County, New York, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Utica. As of the 2020 Census, it had a population of 7,234, and a predicted population of 7,283 on July 1, 2022. It was part of the Burnetsfield Patent and the first colonial settlement this far west in the Mohawk Valley.
Herkimer Municipal Hall, September 2009
General Herkimer Home near Herkimer (2009)
General Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany, painting by F.C. Yohn, circa 1901, now in the public library in Utica: General Herkimer died of his injuries from the Battle of Oriskany on August 17, 1777.
Main Street