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Paper Presented Before the Oswego Historical Society, September 30, 1940, by Miss Elizabeth Simpson, Vice-President of the Society
When Miss Schuelke gave her scholarly paper on the Underground Railroad before this Society last year she quoted from Siebert the names of two local anti-slavery workers—James C. Jackson and…
by James J. Cummings
Mr. Cummings is a graduate of the State University College at Oswego. While writing this paper he was a student in the honors program of the S.U.C.O. history department and contributed this research in a class in urban history.
Although Oswego in its earlier…
This essay was originally published in the 1940 OCHS Yearbook. Please note that this essay was published over 80 years ago. While still useful for general education, language may be outdated and at times offensive. The Oswego County Historical Society does not stand by the language used in…
This essay was originally published in the 1940 OCHS Yearbook. Please note that this essay was published over 80 years ago. While still useful for general education, language may be outdated and at times offensive. The Oswego County Historical Society does not stand by the language used in…
Orrin Stone was an Oswego County pioneer. A son of Jehiel and Ruth Norton Stone of Guilford, Connecticut, he accompanied his parents and nine brothers and sisters to a site near Ovid, Seneca County, New York, then a part of the Military Tract. After a brief residence there…
This essay was originally published in the 1940 OCHS Yearbook. Please note that this essay was published over 80 years ago. While still useful for general education, language may be outdated and at times offensive. The Oswego County Historical Society does not stand by the language used in…
From the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s, the Central Square Station was the heart of the village of Central Square. The station was a main transportation site for coal, milk, and freight. Often the port of Oswego was the destination. In 1903, the original station was destroyed…
Village Historian, Heather Stevens explains how plank roads were developed in the area.
On account of the imperfect condition of the earliest town records it is impossible to ascertain the exact date on which the first roads in the Town of Hastings were laid out. It is known…
Featured Image: Oswego Harbor, c. 1931. Oswego County Historical Society - Building Photos Collection
This essay was originally published in the 1940 OCHS Yearbook. Please note that this essay was published over 80 years ago. While still useful for general education, language may be outdated and at times…
This essay was originally published in the 1940 OCHS Yearbook. Please note that this essay was published over 80 years ago. While still useful for general education, language may be outdated and at times offensive. The Oswego County Historical Society does not stand by the language used in…