© Richard Palmer and Shirley Farone, February 2013

This is the new "Maritime Memories" page. What appears here is the result of many hours' research done by several individuals who specialize in nautical aspects centered around the lakes, rivers, and waterways of New York State. Its features are now indexed in chronological order by date of publication. Click on the far right column for articles you wish to read. If you find links that are not executable, please advise me. As of January 9, 2007, there appears scores of articles, spanning well over a century and a half. (Shirley Farone, siteowner).

INDEX
To
MARITIME MEMORIES


In some cases after your selection from the far right column, you will need to scroll down the page to which you are taken in order to read the appropriate article.

Ref.
No.

Date

Source

Title/Topic/Content

a-1

2007-08

Written and presented
by Richard Palmer

"The Lyman M. Davis - Last of the Great Lakes Schooners"

AAAA-14

March 2, 1799

Congressional Act -5th Congress

An Act to regulate the collection of duty
on imports and tonnage.

AAA-14

July 6 & 15, 1812

Geneva Gazette

War of 1812 items

1

May 11 & 18, 1814

The Pilot, Cazenovia, N. Y.

War of 1812 at Oswego Harbor

1-c

April 1, 1819

Geneva Gazette
Geneva, N. Y.

Steam Boat, Ontario

1-a

October 21, 1819

Oswego Palladium

A Summertime Wreck on Lake Ontario

1-b

October 19, 1820

Oswego Palladium

A Graveyard of Ships

1-d

November 1, 1820

Palmyra Register
Palymara, N. Y.

Distressing Shipwrecks

1-e

October 18, 1822

Sackets Harbor Republican
Sackets Harbor, N. Y.

Dreadful Shipwreck

eee

June 5, 1824

Oswego Palladium

Wreck of the Sylph "

1-f

August 31, 1827

Wayne Sentinel
Palmyra, N. Y.

Disturbing Event

b-3

July 29, 1829

Wayne Sentinel, Palmyra, N. Y.

"Lake Ontario Shipwreck"

b-1

Sept. 4, 1829

Wayne Sentinel
Palmyra, N. Y.

"Curiosity"

b-2

Sept. 23, 1829

Wayne Sentinel
Palymra, N. Y.

"Lake Ontario"

b-4

April 29, 1831

Wayne Sentinel
Palymra, N. Y.

"Melancholy Accident"

b-44

May 8, 1833
May 22, 1833
March 26, 1834
April 8, 1835
July 29, 1835
September 30, 1835
October 13, 1835
December 14, 1842

Oswego Free Press
Oswego Free Press
Oswego Free Press
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium

Launch: Schooner Bryon
Launch: Schooner Willett
Launch: Schooner Winnebago
Launch: Mr. Evertsen's schooner
Count of available craft at Oswego
Projected Launch: Mr. Lamoree's schooner
Launch: Schooner Albany (Lamoree's)
Launch: Schooner Rochester

HHH

August 20, 1852
July 7, 1853
May 22, 1862
September 6, 1862
September 5, 1864
February 24, 1932

Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Kingston Whig
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Palladium

"Steam Grain Elevators"
"Grain Elevators"
"Elevating Extraordinary"
"Floating Elevator from Oswego"
"Floating Elevator from Oswego"F.D.Harrison
Transfer from boat to Canal Barge unsuccessful

2

December 5, 1832

Oswego Palladium

The Martha Ogden

2-c

Februay 4, 1835

Oswego Palladium

"A Card" - est. of The Seamen's Friend Society Library

2-a

February 29, 1836

Oswego Palladium

The Schooner "Medora" - a poem

2-b

July 12,1836

Oswego Palladium

Welland Canal Traffic

3

July 12, 1838

Jefferson County Whig

The Telegraph Cruises the 1000 Islands

4

July 25, 1838

Oswego County Whig from
  Watertown Jeffersonian

Shipwreck of the "Wm. L. Marcy"
   Trip from Ellisburgh to Oswego"

5555

May 14, 1839

Oswego County Whig

"Marine List - Port of Oswego"

DDD

December 7, 1842

New York Spectator

Wreck of the Sir Francis Bond Head on Lake Ontario

5

1842-1847

From Richard Palmer's Research

Letters From Augustus Ford, Chartmaker

a-4

Aug. 22, 1846

Syracuse Daily Journal

New Vessels

6

May 6, 1847

Syracuse Daily Star

Correspondence of the Star Rochester - May 4 -
article down on page - Click on No. 5

IIIa

varying

Oswego Commercial Times - 8/23/1849
Oswego Commercial Times - Aug. 16, 1849
Oswego Commercial Times - December 9, 1850
Oswego Palladium - June 20, 1880

Schooner Lilla
Empire State
Oswego Lake Commerce
A schooner race: Bolivia,Leadville, Jamaica,

6-x

September 20, 1851

Oswego Palladium

Shipyard owned by Alderman Burns

AAA-20

1855-1856-1883-84

Oswego Times & Journal

















Oswego Times & Express

Oswego Palladium

4/2/1855 - Shipping Resumes
4/10/1855 - Dobbie Tug Boat
4/11/1855 - J. H. Bloore (tug)
4/24/1855 - Steamer Ontario
4/30/1855 - "Ocean Eagle"
5/1/1855 - "Ocean Eagle" - launching
5/2/1855 - "Lady of the Lake"
5/3/1855 - "Ellen Bronson"
5/5/1855 - "Thomas Y. Avery"
5/7/1855 - "Thomas Y. Avery"
5/16/1855 - Steamer Huron (article 1)
5/21/1855 - Steamer Huron (article 2)
5/29/1855 - Schooner Andover
6/4/1855 - Steamer Moira
6/14/1855 - Brig - W. Lewis
6/21/1855 - A thank you to Oswego - re Huron
6/19/1856 - "Acontias"
7/31/1856 - "Acontias"
5/10/1883 - The tug Gardner
4/11/1884 - Herbert Dudley
    (Along the Wharves)

6-a

September 26, 1857

Oswego Daily Times

Plaudits for Oswego Shipbuilders

7

1850 & 1860

Federal Census
Jefferson County Town of Lyme

List of Shipbuilders

7777

September 28, 1850
February 15, 1856
April 9, 1879
April 5, 1882

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Daily Palladium
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Express

Neptune Reported Lost
Spars Brought to Rogers' Shipyard
Navigatiion Open: Schooner D.M. Foster Obituary: Andrew Miller

7-b

Oct. 12,1850

Syracuse Daily Star

"Gale on Saturday"

7-b

Dec. 9,1850

Oswego Commercial Times

Lake Commerce - 1850

7-bb

Dec. 9,1850

Oswego Commercial Times

"Oswego - Its Business" - a critique

7-b

January 3,1851

Oswego Daily Times

Lake Business of Oswego

b-11

May 28, 1852

Oswego Daily Journal

Death of Lighthousekeeper Orlo Steele

KKK

June 21, 1852
December 11, 1855
April 14, 1857
March 15, 1858
November 9, 1916
February 23, 1923
August 8, 1929

Oswego Daily Times
St. Lawrence Republican
St. Lawrence Republican
St. Lawrence Repulican
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle

The Steamer Cataract; Disaster
Steamer O. S. Howard
Steamer ; O. S. Howard
"Getting Up Steam";
Hinckley-Cornwall Forwarding Co.;
Hinckley Sells the Phelps;
Hinckley"Ashore At Stony Point..."

b-7

Sept. 9, 1852

Oswego Commerce Times

Clemow Brothers, Shipping Agent

7-a

July 8, 1853

Oswego Daily Times

Vessels Burned

AAA-13

January & February 1855

Oswego newspapers

Propeller St. Nicholas Arrives

z-MMM

March 10, 1855

Oswego Times & Journal

Marine Railway - Holly Patent Pumps

y-MMM

August 18, 1855

Oswego Times & Journal

Obituary - Benjamin Ford

8

January 30, 1856

Oswego Times & Journal

Gift of the Waves

b-8

Apr. 19, 1856

Oswego Palladium

First Arrival, City of Hamilton

AAA-14

July 12, 1856

Oswego Times & Journal

Schooner "William Sanderson"

a-8

7/10/1856 - 11/4/1856:
11 articles

Oswego Times & Journal

Eleven Maritime Articles
Last half of 1856

aa-8

8/14/1856

Oswego Palladium

New Dry Dock by Miller

aaa-8

8/19/1856

Oswego Palladium

New Vessels - Oswego

8-c

October 5, 1856

Ithaca (NY) Journal

Salmon River Harbor Activities  

b-9

Dec. 8, 1856

Ithaca (NY) Journal

Another Vessel for Europe

b-10

May 9, 1857

Oswego Palladium

Clemow & Bloore, "Game Cock Line"

OOO

October 27, 1849
September 21, 1851
March 23, 1855
March 21, 1863
May 14, 1857
August 1, 1857
August 11, 1857
December 8, 1857
November 19, 1860
April 12,1862
September 8, 1873
May 4, 1875
May 15, 1875
August 28, 1878
November 22, 1878
March 15, 1879
April 16,1879
April 18, 1879
May 12, 1879
May 27, 1879
May 27, 1879
July 25, 1879
July 29, 1879
July 30, 1879
May 15, 1880
August 16, 1880
September 2, 1880
October 17, 1882
July 17, 1934
July 20, 1899

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Daily Palladium
Oswego Daily Palladium
Ogdensburgh Daily Journal
Oswego Daily Times
Ogdensburgh Daily Union
Auburn Daily Union
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Daily Palladium
Oswego Daily Dispatch
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Times
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Daily Palladium

Marine Railway & Shipyard
Fire at Oswego
Meeting of Vessel Owners
Kitts Shipyard
Advertisement - Miller, Kitts & Moore
Propellers - A Proposition
A Schooner Dispatch
Schooner Radiant Disappears - Cpt. Carey/Mate Calvin - 3 articles
Chas. Meeker - overboard on Carlton
"Ship & Boat Building" (Kitt's yard)
Powhattan at dry dock
Knight Templar and  Sassacus
Powhattan purchased
Powhattan in bone yard
Removing the eyesores of hulks
Thoughts on eyesores
Oswego City Council takes a vote
Carlton dismantled
Hulks at Stages of Decay
Frightened the Bridge Tenders
Schooner Race
Powhattan burns at railway pier
Sassacus burning
Sassacus fire extinguished
Sale of Sassacus postponed
Sassacus to undergo repairs
Sassacus leaves harbor for last time?
Sassacus carrying wood out of Detroit
Facts regarding Sassacus
The colorful history of the Sassacus

8-aaa

May 8, 1858

from the research of
Richard Palmer

Report of vessels at port of Oswego
at close of 1858

8-b

May 8, 1858

Oswego Commercial Times

Oswego And Its Business

b-10a

March 19, 1859

Oswego Commercial Times

A speech by Hon. Arvin Rice of Hannibalville
"Confirmation of the name of Union Village"

bb-10

September 9, 1859

Oswego Commercial Times

The Light House at Port Ontario -- Vessels Wrecked

9

November 3, 1859

Rochester Union & Advertiser

Wreck of the Schooner, "Twilight"  

999

March 10, 1860

Oswego Palladium

Marine Railway-Goble

xx

April 5, 1860
August 5, 1926

Cape Vincent Gazette
Cape Vincent Eagle

Lighthouse Keeper: 1860 - Orvis Westcott
Lighthouse Keeper: 1926 - S. Ward

xx-1209

Maritime Occupations
1860 Census (Central NY)

Compiled by Richard Palmer

Pultneyville - Wayne County

xx-1210

Maritime Occupations
1860 - Oswego, N. Y.

Compiled by Richard Palmer

Maritime Occupations - Oswego, N. Y.

xx-1211

Maritime Occupations
1860 - Clayton, N. Y.

Compiled by Richard Palmer

Maritime Occupations - Clayton, N. Y.

xx-1214

Maritime Occupations
1860 - Cape Vincent, N. Y.

Compiled by Richard Palmer

Maritime Occupations - Cape Vincent, N. Y.

xxx-1214

Maritime Occupations
1860 - Henderson, N. Y.

Compiled by Richard Palmer

Maritime Occupations - Henderson, N. Y.

999-2

September 18, 1860
October 27 1860

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times

"Fickle Fortune"
"Diver Without Armor"

999-1

September 28, 1860

Oswego Commercial Times

Vessel Ashore: Caledonia

999-14

February 1, 1861
April 6, 1861
April 17, 1861
April 18, 1861
April 18, 1861
April 22, 1861
May 6, 1862
May 2, 1867
May 9, 1867
April 19, 1870
October 12, 1877
October 9, 1878
August 2, 1928
March 15, 1940

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Advertiser & Times
Oswego Advertiser & Times
Oswego Daily Press
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium Times
Oswego Palladium Times

Scroll down the page to which you are taken
to find the selected article listed below:
"Green - The Diver"
A.S. Page renders serv. along Canadian coast
Page takes beached Tornado to Kingston
Page assists the Kentucky
Lewis Sartibes - meets casualty on North Star
Attempt to Save Marquette
Obituary William Whitam killed painting
John Van Buren, early settler (Granby)
Ringleader beached and destroyed
21 Steamers open season - upper lakes
"Loss of the Madeira"
Schooner W.W. Grant off shore
"Early Shipping Days on Lake Ontario..."
Do You Remember - M. J. Cummings' schooners

CCC

April 17, 1861

Oswego Palladium

"Barque Tornado -- Wreck Towed to Kingston

10

Dec. 18, 1861

Wyoming County Mirror

"Our Lake Defenses"
   About Madison Barracks/Sackets Harbor
   Article 2 of Miscellany

10-dd

March 18, 1862

Oswego Commercial Times

"An Exciting Time at Charlotte"

LLL

March 31, 1862
April 10, 1862
April 14, 1863
April 15, 1868

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times

Obituary - Matthew McNair
Northwestern Insurance Co.
Vessel and Boat Launch
The Canal

LLL

April 1, 1862
April 4, 1862

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times

Obituary - Capt. Eli Allen
"Preparing for Business"

AAA-10

April 11, 1862

Oswego Commercial Times

"Lake Transportation"

OOO-a

May 6, 1862

Oswego Commercial Times

Miller Shipyard Launches the Russian

AAA-11

March 17, 1863

Oswego Commercial Times

"Display of Bunting"

a-10

Jan. 8, 1864

Oswego Commerce Times

List of Vessels Laid Up

11

April 8, 1864

Oswego Palladium

Fitting Out On The Great Lakes

11-c

Jan. - May, 1866

Oswego Palladium

10 articles presented chronologically:
Ship Carpenters and Caulkers Ball
Ship Carpenters and Caulkers Ball #2
Sunk (Schooner E. Kanter
The Ontario Steamboat Co.
The Ontario Steamboat Co.
  Opening of the Season
New Propeller
Sad Disaster
The Revenue Steamer Salmon P. Chase
Ontario Steamboat Co.
Steamer Cataract

cccc-11

April 18, 1867

Syracuse Journal

"Dry Dock in Oswego"

ccc-11

May 18, 1867

Oswego Advertiser & Times

"Tug Oswego Returns"

11-b

April 10, 1868

Ogdensburg Journal

Northern Transportation Co.

11-a

Nov. 29, 1868

Ogdensburg Daily Journal

A Mysterious Affair at Sodus

12

July 27, 1869

Carthage Republican

Rising of Waters In Lakes

13

March 22, 1870

Watertown Daily Times

Fort Pike

13

April 15, 1870

Oswego Daily Times

Mssrs. Irwin and Sloan Build New Dock

999-15

April 19, 1870

Oswego Daily Press

Northern Transportation's Schedule (West)

999-16

August 22, 1849
August 5, 1862
November 7,1877
October 26, 1872
October 28, 1872
November 7, 1877
December 4, 1878
March 11, 1879
April 12, 1896
October 18, 1916

Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Daily Palladium
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium

Lake Schooners Can Navigate Ocean
Wanted Ship Carpenters
W. G. Grant and City of Green Gay
Tug D. D. Pratt Exploded
More Details on D. D. Pratt
Schooner Delos De Wolf went ashore
Loss of the Sweet Home
"Ice Scenery"
"Tom" Goble's Brave Deed"
Holmes Saved From Rocks

AAA-12

April 30, 1870

Oswego Daily Press

"Lake Ontario: Royal Mail Line of Steamers"

14

May 9, 1870

Watertown Daily Times

Reminiscence of 1812

15

May 10, 1870

Watertown Daily Times

Obituary of Deacon John Oted

16

June 13, 1870

Watertown Daily Times

Putnam & Wilcox Building a Big Ship

18

Oct. 26, 1870

Watertown Daily Times

An article about Bill Johnston
  "Pirate of the St. Lawrence"

18-a

Dec. 19, 1870

Watertown Daily Times

End of Fishing Season (Chaumont) - 1870

19

May 16, 1871

Oswego Palladium

The Phantom Bark

19-a

July 22, 1871

Watertown Daily Times
from Ottawa Press

Traffic Route

20

December 8,1871

Watertown Daily Times

Elvina At Anchor In The Breakers Schooner

21

December 9, 1871

Watertown Daily Times

The Hannah & The Elvina Combat Rough Waters

22

April 13, 1872

Watertown Daily Times

The Oldest Man In Jefferson
   County - McCoy Lance (a mariner)

a24

June 6, 1872

Oswego Daily Palladium

First Locomotive for the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad

23

July 15, 1872

Watertown Daily Times

A New Vessel Being Built
   B. Eveleigh of Sackets Harbor

23-xx

August 19, 1872
May 31, 1873

Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium

The Preston in for Overhaul
Awaiting arrival of the Dane ladenned
   with shipbuilding timber

24

August 31, 1872

Oswego Palladium

Robbing Sailors

24-a

July 17, 1873

Oswego Daily Times

A War Vessel For Lake Ontario

25

May 27, 1873

Watertown Daily Times

Launch of the "Wm. B. Phelps"

25-a

Nov. 11, 1873

Watertown Daily Times

The Lake Ontario Disaster

26-z

November 15, 1873

Oswego Palladium

Schooners E. W. Rathbun
John T. Mott, and Cheney Ames: "Along the Docks"

26

December 1, 1873

Watertown Daily Times

Sixteen Workmen Are Now Employed
   In Chaumont

27

May 18, 1874

Watertown Daily Times

The New Vessel of Messrs. Copley, Enos, & Folger

27

May 19, 1874

Watertown Daily Times

A Handsome Boat

28

June 4, 1874

Watertown Daily Times

The Launch at Chaumont of the "Watertown"

28-a

July 8, 1874

Oswego Palladium

The John Broden

28-b

May 1, 1875

Oswego Daily Times

Vessel Owners Meeting

29

May 12, 1875

Watertown Daily Times

The Launch at Chaumont of the A. J. Dewey

30

May 18, 1875

Oswego Palladium

The New Vessel A. J. Dewey

31

October 18, 1875

Oswego Palladium

A New Schooner, A. J. Dewey

32-x

June 12,1876
May 23, 1901

Oswego Palladium
Ogdensburg News

Schooner Pacific
"Our Freshy Water Sailors"

32

April 4, 1876

Oswego Palladium

Early Steamboating Reminiscences

33

July 14, 1876

Ithaca

The Port of North Fair Haven in
   Oswego County, N. Y.

34

March 26, 1877

Oswego Palladium

The Death of Capt. Morgan Wheeler

34-a

Jan. 26, 1878

Oswego Palladium

An Old and Interesting Relic

34-b

Jan. 31, 1878

Oswego Palladium

The Inspection and Rating
   of Vessels

34-c

May 4, 1878

Oswego Palladium

Western Bound Freights

34-d

May 8, 1878

Oswego Palladium

A Sailor's Fatal Fall

AAA-15

Sept. 9, 1878

Oswego Morning Herald

"About the Wharves"

AAA-18

October 21, 1878

Oswego Morning Herald

"Loss of the Schooner Lyons"

35

Nov. 30, 1878

Oswego Palladium

An Old Tar's Twister
   The Yarn of the Oldest Oswego
   Sailor Quitting Salt Water

AAAA-18

December 5, 1878

Oswego Palladium

Steam Yacht Shoecraft - Boat Ride to
   Cape Vincent in December

35xxxx

December 13, 1878

Oswego Morning Herald

"Steam Vs. Sail"

AAA-16

April 29, 1879

Oswego Morning Herald

"Ship Carpenters' Strike

35-e

May 31, 1879

Oswego Morning Herald

Wanted a Tug Boat

BBB-4

June 24, 1879
July 2, 1879
July 2, 1879
July 2, 1879
July 3, 1879
July 15, 1879
July 18, 1879
July 19, 1879
July 28, 1879
July 30, 1879
December 2, 1879
April 10, 1880
April 30, 1883
November 19, 1883
November 23, 1883
May 28, 1889
December 9, 1912

Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Morning Herald
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Daily Times & Express
Oswego Daily Times
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Palladium Times

New schooner named Leadville
An Extensive Builder
The Launching of Leadville- Oswego
Commentary on the Launching
"Launch of the Leadville
Leadville Ready
The Leadville in Leadville, Col.
Fitting the load
The Leadville's First Hitch
Trouble at the Welland Canal
Leadville Broke her steering gear
Capt. of Leadville fell in the hold
Leadville re-fitted at Port Dalhousie
Ashore on Long Point
Total Loss
Four years later - Bay Trader takes the coal
Gobles at This Port

35-a

March 6, 1880

Oswego Palladium

The Port of Oswego
   Ancient Documents

35-c

March 10, 1880

Oswego Palladium

Preparations for Navigation

35-b

March 19, 1880

Oswego Palladium

Too Early Navigation

35-d

March 22, 1880

Oswego Palladium

"The Opening of Navigation"

36

March 30, 1880

Oswego Palladium

The Return Trip of the Persia

37

March 30, 1880

Oswego Palladium

Adrift on Lake Ontario
   Two boys lost their lives.

38

Nov. 1880

Oswego Palladium &
   Watertown Daily Times

Five Articles About the Cortez

38-a

Nov. 30,1880

Watertown Daily Times

The Cortez Wreck
   (included among above)

a-38

Dec. 5, 1881

Oswego Palladium

Vessels Laid Up in Oswego

AAA-21

Aug. 12, 1882

Oswego Morning Press

"The Barge Kingsford in Port

39

1884-1886

Local and national newspapers

5 articles about the fishing
  around Chaumont, N. Y.

a-39

April 1, 1884

New Canadian Examining Board

"A Plucked Mariner"

x-39

March 25, 1886

Auburn Weekley News

"A Real Romance of Lake Erie"
   The Jeannette and Jennie

38-b

Aug. 28, 1886

Watertown Herald

Barbed Wire Smuggling

40

Nov. 15, 1886

Oswego Palladium

The Wreck of the Belle Wilson

AAA-21

Nov. 26, 1886

Oswego Palladium

The Schooner "Comanche"

AAA-23

November 26, 1886

Oswego Palladium

"The Commodore Was Joyful

41

Dec. 4, 1886

Oswego Palladium

Salad for Saturday

41-a

Dec. 6, 1886

Watertown Herald

Disasters of Lake Ontario
    (George B. Sloan and Comanche)

40-a

Dec. 11, 1886
Dec. 18, 1886

Watertown Herald

The End a Sad One/Ellisburgh News

a-40

March 7, 1887
Dec. 18, 1886

Oswego Palladium

Another Harbor Wanted

42

Jan. 20, 1888

Watertown Daily Times

The Old Historic Village Awakening
   (Sackets Harbor after the fire)

42-d

Feb. 4, 1888

Watertown Daily Times

Our Freshwater Sailors

aaaa-40

July 18, 1888

St. Lawrence Republican

"The Little Schooner Sea Foam in the Gale of
Wednesday Night"

42-b

Oct. 20, 1888

Watertown Herald

Shipbuilding In Oswego

BBB-2

Oct. 30, 1888

Oswego Palladium

Decline of Shipbuilding In Oswego

a42

May 28, 1889
May 29, 1889

Canadian Newspapers
Oswego Daily Paladium

The Bavaria Washed Ashore on Horseshoe Island - several articles

43

July 7, 1889

New York Times

Battle of Sandy Creek (Article No. 3)

a-43

July 14, 1890

Oswego Daily Times

"The Effect on the Coal Trade"

43-C

Septmeber 9, 1890

Oswego Daily Times

"The R W & O's Branch to Buffalo"

AAA-17

Sept. 14, 1891

Oswego Palladium

"The Government's New Dredge" - Frontenac

GGG

June 21, 1892

Oswego Palladium

"End of an Eventful Live"
- Thomas O'Donnell, former
captain of tug O. S. Howard

MMM

July 8, 1892

Oswego Palladium

Obituary - Capt. Thomas Collins

b-52

Dec. 13, 1892

Oswego Palladium

James Navagh Dies

43-a

August 21, 1893

Rochester Union and Advertiser

Two Vessels Ashore

43-b

May 5, 1893
November 26, 1894

Oswego Daily Times

Shipwreck of the Schooner Baltic
   at Oswego

44

Oct. 21, 1893

Rochester Union & Advertiser

Traffic On Lake Ontario

a-44

January 22, 1894

Watertown Daily Times

Sackets Harbor Shipbuilder Dies
B. Eveleigh Dead.

44-a

April 25, 1894

Rochester Union & Advertiser

Launching A Schooner (The Singapore)

44-a

June 4, 1894

Oswego Daily Palladium

Obituary: John Navagh

44-b

August 18, 1894

Watertown Herald

Harvey Hubbard (Death Notice)

44-c

October 13, 1894
October 20, 1894

Watertown Herald

A Schooner Founders
Eight Lives Lost

45

1895

Jefferson County (NY) Historical Society--
    A paper by Nat Frame of
    Union Academy

Battle of Sandy Creek (Article No. 4)

HHH-1

March 1, 1895

Oswego Palladium

"Recalling the Oswego Fleet"

HHHH-1

December 14, 1895

Oswego Daily Times

"Spanish Dog Saved from Drowning in the River"

HHHH-7

July 5, 1896

Syracuse Sunday Herald

"In Watery Tombs - Dark Side
of St. Lawrence River...."

HHHH-6

October 1, 1896

Monroe County Mail

"Fresh Water Sailors" by Sewell Ford

46

March 26, 1897

Oswego Daily Palladium

Captain Molther's Paper Read Last Night
About the Wreck of the Hinckley

aa-46

July 4, 1897

Syracuse Sunday Herald

"His Best Fourth"
True Story of the War of 1812
by Everett T. Tomlinson

aaa-46

November 18, 1897

Oswego Daily Times

"Our Bold Sailors"
Steamer Idaho - example of recklessness

EEE

varying dates

Oswego Daily Times - 12/6/1897
Watertown Times - 12/7/1897
Oswego Daily Times - 12/10/1897
Oswego Daily Times - 12/13/1897
Oswego Daily Times - 12/16/1897
Oswego Daily Times - 12/17/1897
Oswego Palladium - 12/20/1897
Watertown Daily Times - 12/21/1897
Utica Morning Herald - 12/25/1897
Jefferson County Journal - 12/3/1911

Troubles at Charity Shoal

45-a

April 16, 1898

Watertown Herald

Are Eager to Enlist

45-aa

August 2, 1899

Oswego Daily Times

George Goble - Age Eighty

AAA-19

August 9, 1899

Oswego Palladium

"Reflection On the City"

46-a

Dec. 30, 1899

Watertown Herald

A Curious Relic

46-m

Feb. 20, 1900

Oswego Palladium

Sheldon Point, etc. - Washing Away

a-46

November 17, 1902

Oswego Palladium

"Passing of the 'Canaler' "

AAA-24

April 17, 1905

Oswego Palladium

"Goble Gets Contracts for Two Big Ones"

47

Dec. 30, 1905

Syracuse Post Standard

River Barge Behind Times

999-17

October 15, 1906
October 15, 1906

Syracuse Post Standard
Syracuse Post Standard

Obituary - George Goble
Barge Sherman Towed to Port

BBB-1

May 2, 1907

Oswego Times

Brower A. Morgan

47-h

August 9, 1907

Oswego Daily Palladium

An Old-Timer
   (Oliver Mitchell)

i-47

September 14, 1907

Oswego Daily Palladium

"Commerce of Great Lakes"

47-i

October 25, 1907

Oswego Daily Palladium

Attracts Attention at Toledo
   (Oliver Mitchell)

47-bbb

November 30, 1907

Watertown Herald

Edgar Crapo, obit; ran mail ferry
Sackets to Pillar Point

b-51

March 14, 1908

Oswego Daily Times

Oswego Fleet

III-d

November 7, 1908

Watertown Daily Times

Capt. Albert Perry, Hale & Hearty at age 90!

III-cc

February 6, 1909

Oswego Palladium

Birthday Celebration: John W. Roche

III-c

February 10, 1909

Ogdensburg News

"Fifty-five Years Ago This City
Wanted Ferry Service Improved"

AAA-21

August 26, 1909

Bolivar Breeze

Cuba In Canal Days

A-47

Nov. 18, 1911

Watertown Herald

Lumbering Extraordinary
   (Bay of Quinte)

B-47

Nov. 18, 1911
Feb. 3, 1912
March 29, 1913

Watertown Herald

Cpt. Hinckley and the Raising
    The Davy and Island Belle

47-a

June 7, 1912
(ref. June 1, 1912)

Citizen Journal

Oldtimer recalls good old days
of boating in Cayuga Lake

b-47

March 19, 1913

Oswego Daily Times

May Acquire Station
   (naval station at Sackets)

b-48

April 18, 1913

Watertown Herald

Navigation Open

bb-48

March 8, 1915

Syracuse Sunday Herald

Goble Shipyard Condemned

JJJ

April 8, 1915
August 12, 1915
November 28, 1920
May 12, 1921
December 14, 1922
March 6, 1941

Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle
Syracuse Post-Standard
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle

The Sailing Schooner - thing of the past
Old Wind Jammers on the Lake
Frank Phelps Shipyard
"Boat Building at Chaumont"
Eastern End of Lake Ontario...
"Post Office at Pt. Peninsula Closed"

b-49

August 3, 1915

Watertown Herald

Schooners Disappearing

47-j

September 3, 1915

Oswego Palladium Times

For the Marine Gallery

47-b

unknown

unknown

Captions courtesy of Bill Hecht
   of Union Springs

III

October 27, 1915

Oswego Palladium

Obit - Capt. Beggs - vessel master

b-50

November 28, 1915

Syracuse Herald

Chaumont Ciscoes Returning

bb-50

February 16, 1916
July 6, 1921
July 21, 1921
November 23, 1933
January 14, 1935

Cape Vincent Eage
Oswego Daily Times
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle

"Favor Removal of Life Saving Depot"
Removal of Coast Guard Station
Re: The Coast Guard Service usefulness
"Coast Guard Base May Be Changed"
"To Move to Galloup Island"

b-53

April 26, 1916

Oswego Palladium

Fifty Years on the Lakes

47-c

April 28, 1916

Oswego Palladium

The Comanche's Famous Trip

IIIb

October 18, 1916

Oswego Daily Palladium

"Famous Racers on the Lakes"

999-3

November 29, 1916

Jefferson County Journal

Paper read: "Battle of Big Sandy"

999-5

January 31, 1917

Oswego Palladium

"Winter Navigation"

47-d

April 25, 1917

Oswego Daily Times

Tug Association Formed in 1875

47-f

May 12, 1917

Watertown Herald

Lake Boats Busy

A-47

September 22, 1917

Watertown Herald

Tragedy on Lake (The Hiawatha)

47-g

April 20, 1918

Watertown Herald

Navigation Open

47-e

July 6, 1918

Watertown Herald

Barge Phelps Floated

48

August 14, 1919

Oswego Daily Times

Capt. Vincent of Clayton
   Was Well Known Here

48

November 20, 1919

Cape Vincent Eagle

Ontario Record For Lost Vessels

48-c

August 18, 1920 thru
November 25, 1921

Several newspapers and
Great Lakes History Site

Several articles about the Steamer James A. Shrigley

999-2

September 12, 1921

Oswego Daily Times

John S. Parsons
Forty Years as a Chandler

48-ccc

November 4, 1921
October 14, 1922
November 16, 1922

Syracuse Post-Standard
Syracuse Post-Standard
Cape Vincent Eagle

Claude W. Cole To Have New Fish Tug
More on the Claude W. Cole
Launch: Claude W. Cole's New Fish Tug

48-ddd

November 10, 1921
March 16, 1927
December 6, 1945
September 27, 1923
May 6, 1862
March 24, 1862
May 25, 1867
June 9, 1888
June 1, 1889
June 23, 1910

Cape Vincent Eagle
Jefferson County Journal
Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent Eagle
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Commercial Times
Oswego Advertiser Times
Watertown Herald
Watertown Herald
Cape Vincent Eagle

"Won't Sell Navy Yard at Sackets"
A Shipyard at Stony Creek
Outarde Sunk at Consaul-Hall docks
Apron: Relic of Patriot War
Launch: Schooner: Russian
"Our Lake Craft: Changes in Ownership"
"The Eight Hour System Adopted in Oswego
Launch: Schooner Emma
Rescue of Fred Horton by mate from Emma
Sketch of Capt. James F. Allen

48-a

April 22, 1922

Watertown Daily Times

Captain Franklin D. Phelps (death)

48-aaa

December 21, 1922

Cape Vincent Eagle

Chaumont Dropped as Port of Entry

48-aaaa

May 10, 1923

Ogdensburgh Advance and
St. Lawrency Weekly Democrat

George Hall Corporation
Its History & Growth

48-b

August 27, 1925

Oswego Palladium Times

Last of Sailing Ships
    into Port Together

48-xxx

March 13, 1926
December 28, 1928

Syracuse Herald
Syracuse Post-Standard

Claude Cole Buys Buffalo From The
    Shield Wild West Show
Old King Cole Gettings Things in
   Shape at The Ducks for Winter

49

June 5, 7, 9 of 1930

Watertown Daily Times

1)Recalls Journey of Rees
   Family By Boat To Clayton;
2)Capt. Rees' Heroic Rescue of Ships
   Recalled

49-AAA

January 18, 1931

Syracuse Herald Journal

"Duck Islands Claim Three More Lives"

49-eee

February 25, 1931

Duluth Herald, Duluth, MN

"Capt. A. C. Majo Still Running...."

i-49

March 6,1931

Watertown Daily Times

"Fitting Out Was Sign of Spring Fifty Years Ago"

d-49

April 7, 1932

Oswego Palladium Times

"Will Not Outfit Last Schooner on Lake Ontario"

49-a

March 9, 1933

Oswego Palladium Times

More Records on Early Schooners
    on Lake Ontario

a-50

Feb. 2, 1934

Oswego Palladium

Will Burn Lyman Davis on May 24

50

December 9, 1934

1973

Year 2000

August 8, 1929

Richard Palmer

Theo. Hinckley

R. Dewey Peters

Cape Vincent Eagle

Augustus Hinckley, Lake Ontario Mariner

Remembrances of Hinckley-owned Kendall
"Reminiscences of the Wreck
    of the Hinckley
Hinckley Ashore At Stony Point
   Is a Total Wreck

50-a

August 22, 1936

Toronto Telegram
    and R. Dewey Peters

Anchor Found at Mouth of
   Niagara River

51

July 25, 1937

Watertown Daily Times

Last Chaumont boat in Watertown
   All Ships Have Disappeared From
    Sight No Others Remain To Be Towed
    To Their Final Anchorage

51xxx

June 5, 1939

Oswego Palladium Times

"Do You Remember?" - re: East Cove, Oswego

51xxxx

June 7, 1939

Oswego Palladium Times

Obituary: Mrs. Carrie McFarlane

52zz

June 16,,1940

Syracuse Post-Standard

"Cape Man Recalls Life
on Schooners in Lake Trade"

52xxxx

September 20,1940

Oswego Palladium Times

"A Landmark Passing" - (Parsons)

54xxxx

April 21, 1941

Oswego Palladium Times

Do You Remember - McCarthy & Marsh Chandlery

51-a

July 29, 1941

Herald-American
Syracuse, N. Y.

Ship-building at Chaumont Bay (NY)

55

October 23, 1941

Oswego Palladium, Oswego, N. Y.

Old Time Hotel Is Being Razed

BBB-3

October 27, 1946

Post-Standard
Syracuse, N. Y.

Schooner Illinois

50-b

October 9, 1948

Toronto Telegram
   by C. H. J. Snider

Schooner Days
- Slow Ship's Long Wait

52

June 8, 1955

Watertown Daily Times

Big Norse Freighter Puts In At Chaumont

52-a

1987

MRS Printers Inc., Gouverneur, N. Y.

Follow The North Shore by Joyce Lance

52-XXX

October 18, 1988

Oswego Palladium-Times

"The Story of Oswego Harbor Beacons"

53

January, 2002

Richard Palmer

Did Sea Serpents Once
   Inhabit The Great Lakes

date unknown

unknown newspaper

Capt. Simon Johnston (boat builder) House Is Historical Site at Clayton, N. Y.

55

September 2, 1876

Oswego Palladium - letter from
  Carlos Colton, Milan, OH

An excerpt about the rumor that sunken battleships ever lay in or near Sackets Harbor

56

October 17, 1876

Oswego Palladium - letter from Carlos Colton
   of Milan, OH

Another excerpt re: sunken battleship at Sackets.

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