Oswego Founded in 1850, The Town's Beginnings The high bluff overlooking the river, a short distance from their sawmill on Sucker Creek, was where the Durhams chose to build a home and lay out the original town site in 1850. Five years later they started selling their Donation Land Claim. Over the next thirteen years they received a total of $20,900 for the 640 acres. … [Read more...] about 1850 Oswego
Oswego iron furnace
March 2012 Letter of Recommendation to the National Trust for Historic Preservation
March 5, 2012 Awards CommitteeNational Trust for Historic Preservation1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20036Re: Oswego Iron Furnace Dear Award Committee Members: As a citizen of Lake Oswego, a resident of the Old Town neighborhood in which the Oswego Iron Furnace is located, and as president of the Lake Oswego Preservation Society, I recommend the Oswego … [Read more...] about March 2012 Letter of Recommendation to the National Trust for Historic Preservation