Historical souvenir of Phoenix, , and vicinity . and im-plenieiits as could not lie dispensed with. Leav-ing Fort Stanw ix for the nortli they jilunged intothe woods and after bS inilis journeying leacheilthe little halidet of Camden. Tliile they entereila mere jiath through the woods ;ind traveling ninemil<s without seeing any habitiition theSalmon river at lledtield, a small collection ofhuts, where they were ollered land at $-i an new road oi)ened uii to the lake in 1liesummer of liS02, invited them to jiroceed througha .stretch of !) miles of heavy timber
Historical souvenir of Phoenix, , and vicinity . and im-plenieiits as could not lie dispensed with. Leav-ing Fort Stanw ix for the nortli they jilunged intothe woods and after bS inilis journeying leacheilthe little halidet of Camden. Tliile they entereila mere jiath through the woods ;ind traveling ninemil<s without seeing any habitiition theSalmon river at lledtield, a small collection ofhuts, where they were ollered land at $-i an new road oi)ened uii to the lake in 1liesummer of liS02, invited them to jiroceed througha .stretch of !) miles of heavy timber, where theyhid the whole of the eastern end of Lake Ontarioat their dis))—the land of There amanna in the wilderness fed them merely bygathering it during the season—berries, currants,nuts. A writer who visited that section in ISOl!writes that tlieie were found growing wildin great plenty hops, grapes, cranberries, jiliinis,strawberries, gooseberries, blacklierries, rii-spber-ries, currants, plantain, sarsaparilla, English jiar-. Kiillri-. Till; nsWEdo .\ SiiK-c tliis itkttirc was taken lai-jrc inainitattuiiii^ Iniiwliii-U is at tltu Irtt t>r till iiictnic—rlie ImsiiR-ss street ofand river. thence followed the northern line of Oneidacounty to Fish Creek; thence to Canada creek andWood (Ireek; thence along the north shore of()neida lake and river; along the shore Os-wego river anil the south shore of I^ake Ontario,com])rising two-thirds of Oswego county and athird of ()iieida county. Pioneers in Oswego County in LSI 10 did not necessarily suffer from lack of road was long and arduous but led into aland of jilenty,abundant in wild berries and traders and settlers then came in from thesouth. Three Kivers being tlie only gatewaywhether their course was by wiitcr or land. Pass-ing through On(>ida Lake by craft with sail ordraw 11 by horses, and down the Oneida river toThree Kiver Point, then they
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