No Picture
Community

Oswego County Opportunities, Friends of Fulton Parks to Host Lake Neatahwanta Nature Trail Walk

Oswego County Opportunities IMPACT program in collaboration with Friends of Fulton Parks invites you to join them September 16 from noon to 2 p.m. at Bullhead Point for a walk along the Lake Neatahwanta Nature Trail. The 1.7-mile scenic lakeside trail is one of the ongoing projects of Friends of Fulton Parks as they work to restore and beautify Fulton’s public parks.

[…]

No Picture
Community

Wood Carving at Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center

On September 24 at 2 p.m. Oswego County artist, Penny Kimball, will return to the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center to teach Introduction to Wood Carving as part of our Nature Inspires series. Program participants will use chisels, gouges and a mallet to create a delightful work of art. Carving tools and supplies will be provided; however participants may bring their own set of tools if desired.

[…]

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.
Community

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.

[…]

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.
Community

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.

[…]