On Main Street (New York State Route 38) 0.2 miles south of Tappan Road, on the right when traveling south.
Built CA 1796 by Asa Bement on Boston Purchase Lot 177. Asas blacksmith shop, saw mill and gristmill helped the town to develop. — — Map (db m178777) HM
On Fairfield Road at Lower Fairfield Road, on the right when traveling south on Fairfield Road.
Incorporated as Methodist Episcopal Church of Lower Fairfield, 1900
Land deeded by Alfred & Mary Dennis
Building dedicated, 1901
Ladies Aid Society formed, 1900. — — Map (db m141737) HM
On South Main Street (New York State Route 38) north of Silk Street, on the left when traveling north.
Maple Tree
By tradition on this
site was a blazed
maple tree in 1786
spared when an indian trail
was widened into wagon road.
Town of Newark Valley — — Map (db m141713) HM
On New York State Route 38, 0.5 miles Wade Hollow Rd, on the left when traveling north.
Wade Farm
Purchased 1833 by Lewis Wade,
1791-1862, musician War of 1812.
Owned and worked successively
By Lewis Wade, William Wade
Edgar O. Wade, Floyd E. Wade.
State Education
Department 1938 — — Map (db m141742) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the right when traveling east on Front Street.
1849 Great Fire
Site of Hall of Sons of
Temperance where fire began.
Three stores left standing
104 buildings were burned
exclusive of barns — — Map (db m141773) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
Built 1852, torn down 1959
Site where Thomas "Boss"
Platt conducted state and
National Republican affairs
late 19th to 20th century — — Map (db m141764) HM
On Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Erected August 26, 1914
This fountain honors past
Fire Chief George H. Baker,
Killed in a 1913 accident
and all Owego Firefighters. — — Map (db m152781) HM
On Front Street near Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west.
One of the most sought after fish in the early 1800s was the shad. The river had plenty of them. They swam up from the Chesapeake Bay all the way to Owego and beyond. As the river changed, and dams were put in and removed, and river craft and . . . — — Map (db m141837) HM
On Front Street at Parkers Lane, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
Father and son
John M. Parker 1805-1873
Justice Supreme Court 1859-1873
Charles E. Parker 1836-1909
Justice Supreme Court 1887-1907 — — Map (db m141808) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) 0.1 miles west of Paige Street, on the right when traveling west.
Female seminary 1843-1865. Belva A. Lockwood principal 1863-1865, National Equal Rights Party candidate for U S President 1884 and 1888 — — Map (db m141767) HM
Home of Elizabeth Brown Chatfield,
suffragist and secretary to
Susan B. Anthony, who stayed
here March 28 1894
while on speaking tour. — — Map (db m132759) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
Jesse McQuigg made the following statement in 1851 when he witnessed Native Americans passing from the headwaters of the Susquehanna River at Otsego Lake on their way to Tioga Point, Chenango Point or Cayuga Lake around 1790 when he was just a boy. . . . — — Map (db m141839) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left on Front Street.
On the Site of Owego
Aug. 19-20, 1779 encamped 3000
Continental soldiers the union of
General Clinton's army
which had advanced from Otsego Lake
with a convoy of 208 Bateaux
and a detachment under
General Poor
from
General . . . — — Map (db m141830) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
Welcome to Owego and the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna is a long name for a long river. From
its start at Otsego Lake, near Cooperstown, New York, it meanders 444 miles from New York through Pennsylvania, arriving at Havre de Grace, Maryland, . . . — — Map (db m141831) HM
On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
Owego was the site of the Iroquois Indian village "Owagea" destroyed by American forces under Generals James Clinton and John Sullivan in 1779, during the Revolutionary War. The Susquehanna River played an important part in the history of Owego. The . . . — — Map (db m141832) HM
On Front Street at Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States.
Rear Face:
Through the . . . — — Map (db m141825) HM
On Front Street at Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
Steamboats were a common sight in this part of the Susquehanna in the
19th century. The first one to ply the Owego section in the spring of 1826 for several weeks was the "Cadorus,” built in 1825 at York Haven, Pennsylvania.
That seems . . . — — Map (db m141838) HM
On Front Street west of Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west.
Prior to the early 19th century, it seems that the easiest and most common way to get across the Susquehanna River was simply to walk through the shallow water. It was easy to find locations where fording was possible with water from bank to bank . . . — — Map (db m141834) HM
On Front Street at Parkers Lane, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
Welcome to Owego
The Village of Owego affords all the pleasures of small-town life to its visitors and locals alike. Situated on the banks of the picturesque Susquehanna River, Owego has scenic natural views from the Court Street Bridge and . . . — — Map (db m141853) HM
On Moore Street east of Pine Street, on the left when traveling east.
This War Cannon Memorial
is to honor the former
G.A.R. Post 461--Colonel Walter C. Hull
along with the recognition
and loving memory
of All War Veterans who on
land, air and sea upheld the honor
and integrity of our country and . . . — — Map (db m154081) WM
On Moore Street east of Pine Street, on the left when traveling east.
Glenwood Cemetery and Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 by the United States Department of [the] Interior — — Map (db m154078) HM
On Chemung Street, 0.1 miles west of Tracy Road, on the right when traveling east.
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States. — — Map (db m150085) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue at Park Place, on the right when traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Michael John Chamberlain
"Chambie"
1950 — 1970
W.H.S. Class of 1968
Chambie grew up on Heath Rd
in Ellistown, where he enjoyed
hunting and automobiles.
He was a lineman on the
football team, and was truly . . . — — Map (db m154089) HM WM
On Pennsylvania Avenue at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue.
This native boulder
is erected to the
memory of the
Soldier and Sailor
dead of our community.
They nobly served
to safeguard
and transmit to
posterity our
country's principles
of justice, freedom
and democracy.
1776 1812 . . . — — Map (db m154087) WM
On Willseyville Road (County Route 304) north of Hands Hill Road, on the right.
Est. 1837-building erected 1840
Joined the Organization of
Baptist Churches 1843
Land given by Hon. Jacob Willsey
for whom the village was named. — — Map (db m203237) HM
