Strategic Crossroads

Strategic Crossroads. Key Water and Overland Routes Intersect. Crossroads Timeline , 1976 Blockhouse Museum Opened , 1927 Fort Designated a National Historic Landmark , 1900 , 1871 Syracuse Northern Railroad reached Brewerton , 1846 Plank Road Built From Salina to Central Square , Four Steamboats built: Oneida, Oswego, Madison, and Onondaga , 1845 Channel Deepened for Navigation , 1824 First Bridge Built Across the River , 1813 Jonathan Emmons Operated a Ferry Across the River , 1800 , 1790 Original Blockhouse Built by Stevens , 1789 Oliver Stevens Settled at Fort Site , 1783 British Colonel Willet Rallied here after a Failed Attack on Fort Ontario , 1759 Fort Brewerton Built , 1700 , 1673 Visited by La Salle while Searching for a Water Route Across the Continent , 1654 Visited by Le Moyne on his way to Onondaga Lake , 1615 Visited by Samuel de Champlain , 1600 Native Americans crossed the river, settled on both sides, and fished here for 10,000 years. The museum houses a collection of artifacts spanning centuries of Native American activities., Site of Indian Village Techiroguen visited by Le Moyne 1854 and by La Salle 1673 , This historical market is located on the south side of the NYS Route 11 bridge. Native Americans also occupied the fort site for many centuries., Oliver Stevens Blockhouse , The blockhouse here is a reconstruction of a trading post and residence of the Oliver Stevens family. Stevens was the first non-native settler in Oswego County, arriving in 1789. The lower level was the trading post and also functioned as a military surveillance point. The upper floor housed Stevens, his wife Nancy, and their six children., Fort Brewerton 1759-1768 , Fort Brewerton was built by British soldiers as a strategic outpost on a military route linking the Mohawk River with Lake Ontario. This place had been used by Native Americans for centuries on overland travel routes as a place to cross in the shallows that existed at the outlet of Oneida Lake, linking the north-south overland routes to east-west water routes., America's Byways, Seaway Trail, Inc. , Sackets Harbor, NY 13685 , This project was funded in part by the Federal Highway Administration and administered by the New York State Scenic Byways Program of the New York State Department of Transportation and Seaway Trail, Inc.