On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Court Street ( 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 m220168) 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 Main Street (New York State Route 96) at Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Owego Hose Teams, Inc. thanks the generous sponsors and donors who contributed to the fountain restoration, the businesses that partnered with us on the fountain restoration work, and the many volunteers who came forward to make the fountain . . . — — Map (db m262436) HM
On Front Street west of Court Street ( 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 the Southern Tier Expressway (New York State Route 15), on the right when traveling west.
[Historical info excerpts]
Fun Facts
• The Chesepeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States
• The 64,000 square mile watershed includes portions of
NY, PA, WV, VA, DC, DE, MD
• The watershed begins in . . . — — Map (db m239909) HM
On Prospect Street west of Mountain Road, on the left when traveling west.
Evergreen Cemetery
Established 1851
Village of Owego
Placed on State and
National Registers
of Historical Places 2002
Preserve America Grant 2009 — — Map (db m248286) HM
On Front Street near Court Street ( Route 96), on the left when traveling west.
One of the most sought after fish in the early 1800’s 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 Main Street north of Paige Street, on the left when traveling north.
Former Home of
Stephen B. Leonard 1793-1876
Member 24th and 26th Congress
1835 - 1837 1839 - 1841
Editor and publisher of the
Owego Gazette 1814 - 1835 — — Map (db m262482) 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 Court Street north of Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
In December of 1991, excavation of the elevator shaft for the new court annex uncovered a human skeleton. Archaeologists from Binghamton University removed the remains at the request of the Iroquois. On 1 July 1994, Paul Waterman, chief of the . . . — — Map (db m262438) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 96) at North Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Leahy Saddlemire Building
(old jail building)
Dedicated to
William P. Leahy
County Highway Superintendent September 1, 1934 - November 30, 1972
Carl Saddlemire
County Treasurer, January 1, 1958 - December 31, 1987, Clerk of . . . — — Map (db m262440) 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 ( 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 North Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Second class harp tank, #182 built by Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Purchased by village 1866 for $4,500 and maintained by Ahwaga Steam Company 6. — — Map (db m294686) HM
On Front Street at Court Street ( 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 Court Street Bridge (New York State Route 96) at Southside Drive ( Route 96), on the right when traveling north on Court Street Bridge.
Toll bridge of 1826, swept away by flood of 1867. Trestle bridge of 1868, purchased by village, 1881. Steel bridge erected 1893. — — Map (db m268206) HM
On Southside Drive at Montrose Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Southside Drive.
In 1822 the shortest route from Owego to New York via Montrose, Dundaff, Milford, Newton, Morristown, Newark numerous hills & tollgates — — Map (db m266777) 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
