The facilities which Oswego possesses for trade, commerce, and manufactures, are very great.  It's harbor, next to Sackets Harbor, is the best on the S. side of Lake Ontario.  It is formed, at the mouth of the river, by a pier 1290 feet in extent, built by the United States at an expense of nearly $ 100,000.  The harbor within the pier is spacious and safe, having a depth of water of from 10 to  20 feet.  Several steamboats and a large number of sailing vessels are owned here.  An excellent marine railway has been constructed. The Oswego Canal connects this harbor with the Erie Canal at Syracuse, employing the Oswego River for a part of the
distance, and the canal boats are generally so constructed as to strength, and the form of their decks, that they may be taken in tow, with their cargoes, through the lake.  A considerable portion of trade between New
York and the west passes through this channel, and hence, by the Welland Canal, into Lake Erie. The railroad from Syracuse brings other facilities of business to Oswego, while it opens through this place one of the most desirable routes of travel from the eastern cities to the west by the way of Niagara Falls.  From Oswego to Port Dalhousie, at the mouth of the Welland Canal, is about 150 miles; to Ogdensburg, about 110 miles.

The water power at Oswego, afforded by the river and the canal, is immense. Many large manufacturing
establishments are in operation on both sides of the river, and much more power remains to be applied.
The quantity of flour turned out daily by 5 or 6 extensive flouring mills at Oswego is very large. Fort Oswego, near the lake, on the E. side of the river, is a strong fortification for the defence of the harbor, occupying the site of the old fort of the same name, celebrated in the colonial wars with the French. This place has been the scene of sanguinary conflict, in every period of hostilities with a foreign enemy.

Fulton, N.Y., Oswego co., On the E. side of Oswego River. 190 miles W.N.W. from Albany. The river here has a fall of about  20 feet, producing a good water power. 

Volney, N.Y., Oswego co. Watered by Black Creek, a tributary of the  Oswego River, which bounds it on the W. Surface undulating; soil sandy loam. 11 miles S.E. from Oswego, and  159  N.W. from Albany.