Historical souvenir of Phoenix, , and vicinity . ere through anatural shute whichCoo]>er says is worn outof the clitts in mid-streamthe i)arly shoot tlicrai)ids. The rest of thestoi-y is laid at the lake. The Oswego River is the outlet for the walerst)f eleven lakes in Xew York .state, which pour intoits channel l)oth from the east aud the west,through, respectively theOneiila andSeneca rivers,giving the name Three Riv(>rs to the localitywhere they unite. The lakes are Canandaigna,Crooked, Seneca, (ayuga, , Otisco, Cross,Owiusco, Skaneafeles. (Onondaga and Oneida. Theriver but .
Historical souvenir of Phoenix, , and vicinity . ere through anatural shute whichCoo]>er says is worn outof the clitts in mid-streamthe i)arly shoot tlicrai)ids. The rest of thestoi-y is laid at the lake. The Oswego River is the outlet for the walerst)f eleven lakes in Xew York .state, which pour intoits channel l)oth from the east aud the west,through, respectively theOneiila andSeneca rivers,giving the name Three Riv(>rs to the localitywhere they unite. The lakes are Canandaigna,Crooked, Seneca, (ayuga, , Otisco, Cross,Owiusco, Skaneafeles. (Onondaga and Oneida. Theriver but .!4 miles in length, from its junctionwith the other two to Lake Ontario, has a totalfall of 121 feet. IT feet of which is on the stietchof less than lli miles of river emjitying into thelake, including tiie Oswego Falls where the waterdrops 10 feet. An area of .square miles isdrained by this river, which has the greafestwidth of not more than SOO feet. Early Steamboats on Oneida lake had sidewheels. There were four ]>retty well known, the. A .^Ni)\v • ; a iika\ v , oksndw imiktv vkaksauo. GRIPS HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PHCENIX. 87 } Onondaga, the Oswego, the Madison and the()neiila. The Madison was hnally talien to XewYorlv where it was used many years towing in theharbor. The Oswego was the last one that wasused, heing changed to the Manhattan underwhich name it was run as an excursion boat andfreighter. The tirstexcursion ]Kirty wlio charteredit was a company of young men, who took theirparty aboard at the head of ()neiihi liend and wentto Tliree Rivers. Oeorge Hawley i ow living suggested the excursion on this boat ofthe farmers of Central New York, the first ofregular annual excursions tlK\v hold every year. Three Rivers Port.— ()n the east side of the()swego river near its junctiim with the Oneida(though not generally known or scarcely men-tioned in history) there was erected in the springof 175(1 a square fort or redoubt, about
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