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3 unusual facts about Oswego County


Samuel B. Garvin

Samuel Bostwick Garvin (October 8, 1811, Butternuts, Oswego County, New York – June 28, 1878, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

WBBS

The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 104.7 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW and is licensed to Fulton, New York.

The station, which debuted in 1961 as WOSC, with the call sign representing its home county, Oswego County.


Cheney Ames

Cheney Ames (June 19, 1808 Mexico, now in Oswego County, New York – September 14, 1892 Chicago, Illinois) was an American politician from New York.

Lot Smith

Born in 1830 in Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, he became a close friend of Orrin Porter Rockwell and was known as "The Horseman" for his exceptional skills on horseback as well as for his help in rounding up wild mustangs on Utah's Antelope Island.

United States Senate election in New York, 1879

The two Greenback assemblymen John Banfield (Chemung Co.) and George E. Williams (Oswego Co.) voted for 87-year old Peter Cooper, a New York City inventor, industrialist and philanthropist who had run for U.S. President in 1876 on the Greenback ticket.


see also

Van Buren House

David Van Buren House, Fulton, New York, listed on the NRHP in Oswego County, New York

Volkert Van Buren House, Fulton, New York, listed on the NRHP in Oswego County, New York

John Van Buren Tavern, Fulton, New York, listed on the NRHP in Oswego County, New York