Historical Marker

Oswego West Side Forts

Historical marker location:
Oswego, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Lake Street and Montcalm Street, on the left when traveling east on Lake Street.)

An Early French Target. French and Indian War.

The Hudson River School of painting, which was a 19th-century art movement that focused on landscapes and the natural world, was founded in New York State. Some of its most famous artists, such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church, lived and worked in the Hudson River Valley.