1900 Map of Oswego

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Fort Ontario stands at the mouth of the Oswego River, guarding the strategic harbor of Oswego as it appeared at the turn of the century. This lakefront landscape is defined by a dense network of competing rail lines, including the New York Ontario and Western R. R. and the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg R. R., which linked coastal commerce to the interior agricultural settlements of Hannibal and Sterling. An Electric Railroad runs parallel to the Lake Ontario shoreline, serving smaller communities like Fruit Valley.