Editing Brewerton, New York (section)

== History ==
[[Image:I81Brewerton.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Interstate 81 cutting through Brewerton near [[Oneida Lake]]]]
The community is sited near the former [[Fort Brewerton]], erected in 1759 to defend the passage from Albany to the port of Oswego. Settlers arrived in 1789 to engage in the [[fur trade]]. The Fort Brewerton Block House Museum<ref>[http://www.co.oswego.ny.us/tourism/history-art/brew.html Fort Brewerton Block House Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418214830/http://www.co.oswego.ny.us/tourism/history-art/brew.html |date=April 18, 2007 }}</ref> contains local relics dating back to Paleo-Indian times. It is located next to the original fort.

In the late 18th century two [[Presbyterian]]s, Rev. John Shepard and Deacon George Ramsey started preaching in the area near the Fort Brewerton embankment. Deacon Ramsey built a schoolhouse nearby which was used for both instruction and worship.<ref>[http://www.brewertonumc.com/history.htm Brewerton United Methodist Church History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010064203/http://www.brewertonumc.com/history.htm |date=October 10, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1948 the Brewerton Speedway was built by Alvin Richardson of Buffalo as a 1/4 mile dirt track. Brewerton was working on another track however production has stopped due to state funding.<ref>[http://www.brewertonspeedway.com/history/ Brewerton Speedway History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928185311/http://www.brewertonspeedway.com/history/ |date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>

[[Fort Brewerton]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>