OSWEGO, NEW YORK

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NEW YORK- OSWEGO, NEW YORK- 8/20/05

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OSWEGO, NEW YORK

HISTORY OF OSWEGO

FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS
Upon this spot at the end of the French and Indian Wars, Pontiac, great chief of the Ottawa's made a compact of peace, July 1766 with Sir William Johnson, acting for the English. Erected by Fort Oswego Chapter N S D A R and the State of New York, 1927.

BURGOYNE'S CAMPAIGN
1777, Colonel Barry St Leger proceeding by Bateaux from Montreal arrived at Fort Oswego in July 1777. He led a British force here augmented by Indians to seventeen hundred men with which he set out to capture Fort Stanwix, now Rome, New York. His repulse at the bloody battle of Oriskany and at Fort Stanwix was the first disaster in the campaign which resulted in Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.

DOWNTOWN OSWEGO

OSWEGO CITY HALL


OSWEGO CITY LIBRARY	OSWEGO YMCA


KINGSFORD PROFESSIONAL BUILDING	JOHN O'CONWAY MUNICIPAL CENTER

HISTORIC CHURCHES in OSWEGO

Trinity Methodist Church


St John The Evangelist	Abandoned Church for sale	Valehaven


West Baptist Church	Synagogue


New Covenant Community Church	St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

HISTORIC HOMES in OSWEGO

The PARKS... and SUCH... in OSWEGO, NEW YORK

Washington Square Park

Veterans Memorial Park

CURTIS F SHOUP
87th Infantry Division, General Patton's 3rd U S Army. Congressional Medal of Honor. Pinned down by mortar and machine gun fire in the village of Tilet, near Bastogne, Belgium, January 7, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge, S/Sergeant Curtis F Shoupe of Company I, 346th Infantry Regiment, 87th (Golden Acron) Division, seized an automatic rifle, crouched and began delivering well aimed fire at an enemy machine gun. He was struck in both legs by return fire and knocked down.

Although seriously wounded, he crept and crawled alone in deep snow and threw a hand grenade, destroying the machine gun next. With total disregard for his own life, he was crawling and attempting to knock out a second machine gun when he was mortally wounded. Inspired by his actions Company I drove on and captured its critical objective. For extraordinary valor and intrepidity, S/Sergeant Shoup was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Military Medal of Great Britain, The Croix De Guerre with Palm of France, The Order of Leopold of Belgium, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantry Badge. A son of Scriba, New York and a graduate of Oswego High School, his luminous heroism and sacrifice for his country will be remembered forever. S/Sergeant Curtis F Shoup is buried in the North Scriba Union Cemetery.

FORT ONTARIO

ATTENTION FORT VISITORS
The cultural landscape at Fort Ontario has changed dynamically over the last two and a half centuries. Many historic features we interpret do not conform to modern construction standards. Please view only those areas open to the public and keep a safe distance from the outer Fort walls at all times.

FORT ONTARIO
Built by English under Governor Shirley, 1755. Captured and destroyed by French under Marquis of Montcalm, 1756. Rebuilt by English under Lord Amherst, 1759. Destroyed by Americans', 1778. Rebuilt by English, 1782. Surrendered by English and garrisoned by United States, 1796. Captured and destroyed by English fleet under Admiral Yeo, 1814. Rebuilt of earth and timber by United States 1839 - 1842. Rebuilt of stone and concrete by United States 1869 - 1870. Post enlarged and built of brick by United States 1903 - 1905.

SITE OF BRITISH ATTACKS ON FORT ONTARIO
May 5 - 7, 1814. After enduring a heavy bombardment by a British fleet under the command of Sir James Yeo, and repelling an amphibious assault on May 5, 1814, 290 men of the 3rd U S Artillery and 200 militia under the command of Colonel George Mitchell met a landing force of about 700 British troops under the command of General Sir Gordon Drummond near this spot on May 6, 1814. Failing to find supplies and munitions destined for the American naval base at Sackets Harbor, the invaders destroyed Fort Ontario before leaving on May 7, 1814.

Happenings at the Sunset Campground in Oswego

Lake Ontario at Sunset Campground