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The British established a trading post in the area in 1722 and fortified it with a log palisade later called Fort Oswego. The first fortification on the site of the current Fort Ontario was built by the British in 1755 and called the "Fort of the Six Nations."
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- 1854 - Oswego
Osweoo, a city, port of entry, and semi- capital of Oswego county, New York, is situated on the S. E. shore of Lake Ontario, and on both sides of...Read MORE... - 1868 - March 27 - The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.
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1869 - A diamond ring, which had been lost since the fall of 1823, was found in a well in Oswego, N. Y., a few days ago.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 3, 1869- 1869 - An unknown benefactor in Oswego, N. Y., has directed the distribution of 3,000 loaves of bread to the poor.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 23, 1869 - 1871 - Oswego, N. Y., manufactures annually over 12,000,000 pounds of starch.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 17, 1871 - 1888 - COASTING ACCIDENT - A "Bob" Running at the Rate of Seventy-five Miles an Hour Collides With a Load of Timber.
OSWEGO, N. Y., January 16. - Benjamin Sawyer, one of the young men injured in the coasting accident Saturday evening, is dead and one or two others...Read MORE... - 1888 - On the 12th Frank Donovan, aged ten years, was shot and killed at Oswego, N. Y. by Lewis Clark, aged thirteen years, while playing with a gun.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 16, 1888 
Union Pacific Tea Co.
Oswego, New York
Advertisement- 1895 - Oswego
Oswego, a city and port of entry, capital of Oswego co., N.Y., is situated on the S.E. shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Oswego River, which ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Oswego
The town of Oswego, situated in the northwest corner of the county and lying wholly within the old Military Tract, was erected from Hannibal the 20th ...Read MORE... - 1896 - Big Blaze at Oswego.
OSWEGO, N. Y., Sept. 21. - At an early hour yesterday morning fire destroyed the entire plants of the Silver Metal company and the Seliger Toothill...Read MORE... - 1899 - BURNED TO DEATH - In a Hotel Fire - Others Fatally Injured.
HERALD-STAR Special Telegraphic Service.
OSWEGO, N. Y., June 21. - The Eagle hotel, a three-story wooden structure, was gutted by fire this...Read MORE... 
St. John's Church, Oswego, N.Y.
Postcard- 1906
Oswego, a city and port of entry, capital of Oswego oo., N.Y., is situated on the SE. shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Oswego River, which...Read MORE... - 1907 - GIRL STUDENTS ESCAPE FIRE. ONE IN OSWEGO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LEAPS FROM WINDOW.
Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 23. - Fire in the Welland, a four-story wooden and stone building used as a dormitory by young women students at the Oswego...Read MORE... 
View of Harbor and State Grain Elevator, Oswego, N.Y.
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Post Office and Pontiac Hotel, Oswego, N.Y.
Postcard- 1957 - GAS BLAST IN TUNNEL FATAL TO 4.
Oswego, N.Y. (AP) - An explosion tore through a tunnel cut in rock 100 feet below Lake Ontario and killed three construction workers yesterday. The...Read MORE... - January 27, 1966 - Oswego, NY, was in the midst of a five day lake effect storm which left the town buried under 102 inches of snow.
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January 27, 1966
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Union Pacific Tea Co.
Oswego, New York
Oswego, New York, USA
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St. John's Church, Oswego, N.Y.
Oswego, New York, USA
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View of Harbor and State Grain Elevator, Oswego, N.Y.
Oswego, New York, USA
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Post Office and Pontiac Hotel, Oswego, N.Y.
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1854 - Oswego
Osweoo, a city, port of entry, and semi- capital of Oswego county, New York, is situated on the S. E. shore of Lake Ontario, and on both sides of... Read MORE...
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1868 - March 27 - The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.
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1869 - An unknown benefactor in Oswego, N. Y., has directed the distribution of 3,000 loaves of bread to the poor.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 23, 1869
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1869 - A diamond ring, which had been lost since the fall of 1823, was found in a well in Oswego, N. Y., a few days ago.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 3, 1869
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1871 - Oswego, N. Y., manufactures annually over 12,000,000 pounds of starch.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 17, 1871
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1888 - COASTING ACCIDENT - A "Bob" Running at the Rate of Seventy-five Miles an Hour Collides With a Load of Timber.
OSWEGO, N. Y., January 16. - Benjamin Sawyer, one of the young men injured in the coasting accident Saturday evening, is dead and one or two others... Read MORE...
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1888 - On the 12th Frank Donovan, aged ten years, was shot and killed at Oswego, N. Y. by Lewis Clark, aged thirteen years, while playing with a gun.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 16, 1888
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1895 - Oswego
The town of Oswego, situated in the northwest corner of the county and lying wholly within the old Military Tract, was erected from Hannibal the 20th ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Oswego
Oswego, a city and port of entry, capital of Oswego co., N.Y., is situated on the S.E. shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Oswego River, which ... Read MORE...
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1896 - Big Blaze at Oswego.
OSWEGO, N. Y., Sept. 21. - At an early hour yesterday morning fire destroyed the entire plants of the Silver Metal company and the Seliger Toothill... Read MORE...
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1899 - BURNED TO DEATH - In a Hotel Fire - Others Fatally Injured.
HERALD-STAR Special Telegraphic Service.
OSWEGO, N. Y., June 21. - The Eagle hotel, a three-story wooden structure, was gutted by fire this... Read MORE...
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1906
Oswego, a city and port of entry, capital of Oswego oo., N.Y., is situated on the SE. shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Oswego River, which... Read MORE...
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1907 - GIRL STUDENTS ESCAPE FIRE. ONE IN OSWEGO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LEAPS FROM WINDOW.
Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 23. - Fire in the Welland, a four-story wooden and stone building used as a dormitory by young women students at the Oswego... Read MORE...
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1957 - GAS BLAST IN TUNNEL FATAL TO 4.
Oswego, N.Y. (AP) - An explosion tore through a tunnel cut in rock 100 feet below Lake Ontario and killed three construction workers yesterday. The... Read MORE...
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January 27, 1966 - Oswego, NY, was in the midst of a five day lake effect storm which left the town buried under 102 inches of snow.
WeatherForYou.com
January 27, 1966
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