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Fort Ontario: 250 Years of History, 1755-2005 - Softcover

Reed, George A.

 
9780788438127: Fort Ontario: 250 Years of History, 1755-2005

Synopsis

The old fort was first constructed in 1755 to protect the fur trading settlement at Oswego. It overlooked the Oswego River, the main route west in colonial times. For 250 years, Fort Ontario has sat on a hill overlooking the city of Oswego. It has provide

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About the Author

Coauthor George A. Reed is a former member of the Fort Ontario Guard and executive director of Friends of History in Fulton, N. Y., Inc. He and his wife, educator and photographer Carol Reed, chose photographs and art from the collection of the Fort Ontario Historic Site, and to these they added some of their own works. The result is a rich pictorial tour that does service to the fort and to history.

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