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oswego city school district

oswegohistorical.org

“This essay was originally published in the 1941 OCHS Yearbook. Please note that this essay was published over 83 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 While still useful for general education, language may be outdated and at times offensive.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. All photos were added in 2024 when this article was uploaded to the web. To view the original document, please visit NYHeritage.org.” (Paper Presented Before Oswego Historical Society, May IS, 1941, by  Hiss Anna Post of Oswego)   The trail to the past through local histories, old deeds, and individual recollections, brings  to light very definite facts, interesting glimpses of the human  side of life, and much information while not so factual as to  satisfy a "Gradgrind", still gives warmth and color to the picture of our city.  Before inspecting individual houses let us briefly review the factors of their environment, for what we today take for  granted has a pattern interwoven and changing through the  years. Old Oswego (Picture Published CC.1877)  The "meeting of the waters" spells "Oswego", and here we find the log houses of the early settlers, and expansion shows builders located their homes near, or in view of the lake or river. For many years the river was a barrier since a seasonal ferry was the only means of crossing, so the building of bridges was a great factor in residential growth. A toll bridge of wood at a cost of $2,000 was  built in 1822. (One of iron replaced it in 1855). Our generation has ever[sic] been regaled with  the fact that when commerce was at its height one could cross the river by stepping from boat to boat. True as this might have been, it evidently was not a popular method as in 1849 a covered wooden bridge[sic] and FREE, was erected on Utica street. (Replaced by iron in 1867.)  Fire wiped out most of the residential section on the West side in 1830, and that of the East side in 1853. Several  houses only survived in this section.  The

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westonma.gov

The Town Manager’s Office has launched a revamped community newsletter, The Town House Times, designed to strengthen communication with residents. Each issue will share updates on major town pro