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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M9X_the-oswego-canal_Oswego-NY.html
Dewitt Clinton dreamed of "a Great Canal" to solve the problem of access to the natural resources of the mid-west. Of the two routes considered - a canal across the state to Buffalo and a canal to Lake Ontario at Oswego - the Buffalo proposal won …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M9E_age-of-iron-horses_Oswego-NY.html
The railroad overtook the river and canal as the major mode of transport to and from the interior. The river banks and waterfront were dominated by tracks, bridges, and coal trestles. Coal, grain, lumber, and people now moved through the city by r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M8P_river-industries_Oswego-NY.html
Oswego offered close proximity to raw materials from the interior, a water route to markets of the world, and water power. These assets caused the river banks to become lined with factories, warehouses, and storage buildings. Materials were transf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M7Y_seaway-trail_Oswego-NY.html
Oswego Riverside Attractions
West Side Attractions
1. West Pierhead Lighthouse
2. H. Lee White Marine Museum
3. Port of Oswego Authority West Terminal
4. U.S. Coast Guard Station
5. Wright's Landing Marina
6. Breitbeck Park
7. West Side …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M7K_bicentennial-peace-garden_Oswego-NY.html
Near this site, on May 5-7, 1814, British naval forces entered Oswego Harbor and conducted an amphibious assault on Fort Ontario and the Village of Oswego. Lieutenant Colonel George Mitchell, commanding 290 men of the 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M6Y_african-troops-at-fort-ontario_Oswego-NY.html
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Over 5,000 African Americans served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. About half of the Rhode Island regiment consisted of free blacks and escaped slaves. In February 1783, Colonel Marinus Wille…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M5N_the-o-w-railroad_Oswego-NY.html
The O&W Railroad
Launched 1866 as New York
& Oswego Midland, the New
York, Ontario & Western
ran to Weehawken, New Jersey,
from here until 1957.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M5B_underground-station_Oswego-NY.html
Site of
Underground Station
Home of Daniel & Miriam Pease
1818-1847
Fugitive Slaves Sheltered Here
For Safe Passage to Freedom
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M5A_rural-cemetery_Oswego-NY.html
Rural Cemetery
Begun ca. 1820
Medal of Honor Recipients
Dr. Mary Walker, 1st Female
Recipient, and James H. Lee
Interred at this Site
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FS8_from-the-hearth-of-america-come-the-heart-of-america_Oswego-NY.html
This hearth is dedicated to the women and children of all races who lived and died on the colonial frontier. It was built by their grateful descendants in the bicentennial year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy Six.Where they walke…