Tickets are still available for the Fort Ontario Ghost Investigation scheduled for Saturday, at 7 p.m. Investigators from Central New York Ghost Hunters (www.gotghosts.org) will search for evidence of paranormal activity with their specialized equipment.
The Harborfest Children’s Committee hosted a Children’s Gala to celebrate the festival’s cultural component – the history of Oswego. Each year, the cultural component highlights a certain country during Harborfest. This year, the focus is on “Historic Oswego.” Approximately 250 childrfen attended Tuesday’s gala
How many ghost stories are there connected to Fort Ontario? “More than the number of bars in Oswego,” quipped one of the organizers of this year’s ghost tours at the historic landmark. Some legendary figures, such as Lt. Basil Dunbar, killed in a duel in 1759, or Private George Fykes, who died in a 1782 fever epidemic, are rumored to appear as ghostly figures walking the ramparts of Fort Ontario and scaring army sentries and intruders.
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