The ubiquitous 1855 Smith Brothers color lithograph that dons nearly every public building and gift shop in Oswego is pictured courtesy of the H. Lee White Maritime Museum. Featured in the lithograph are the paddle-wheeled steamers Northerner and Ontario, propeller driven schooners, the west-side elevators, canal commerce, Fort Ontario, the budding shipbuilding industry and churches of Oswego’s shipping heyday.
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Remembering the Soldier-Sailors of Oswego’s 110th Regiment

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum at Oswego is pleased to present the fourth installment the 2017 History Lecture Series featuring Dr. Natalie Joy Woodall. President Abraham Lincoln’s decision to institute a draft to raise 300,000 new troops to bolster the depleted ranks of the Union Army in the summer of 1862 elicited enthusiastic opposition in Oswego County.

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The Oswego County Historical Society will host a history walking tour of Franklin Square Historic District in Oswego on September 17. It will highlight the history of the park and its surrounding residential homes. Pictured is a vintage image of Franklin Square.
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Oswego County Historical Society to Host Walking Tour of Franklin Square Historic District in Oswego

The Oswego County Historical Society will host a history walking tour of the Franklin Square Historic District in Oswego on September 17 at 1:30 p.m. Franklin Square, often called by locals as West Park, is the official name of the park located in the center of the west side of the city bordered between West Cayuga and Seneca streets and West Third and Fifth streets.

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Oswego County’s Smoking Cessation Program for Pregnant Women Presented at Tobacco Treatment Summit

The success of Oswego County’s “Smoke Free for My Baby and Me” program is receiving regional and state attention. The program was the subject of recent presentations in the health care field in Syracuse and Albany. Smoke Free for My Baby and Me is a community-supported, clinic-based tobacco cessation program that encourages pregnant women to quit smoking.

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