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Oswego Fleet Echoes of the John Magee and Late Masters
In Oswego mid November 1902 the schooner John Magee lies at the Oswego River trestle loaded with 550 tons of coal for Hamilton Ontario Captain Sam Gravis Buffalo waits for wind. The piece traces the Magee s history and lists many vessels and masters from Oswego s once thriving fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Magee
New York, Ontario & Western
Oswego River
Hamilton
Ontario
Sam Gravis
Buffalo
Andrew Miller
A.G. Cook
James Scott
Watkins
Magee
Scott
Sam Cook
William Scott
Amasa Stowell
Edward Mitchell
Cook
Frank Maguire
Howard Marsh
Ripsom
Lake Michigan
J.W. Jones
Detroit
Captain Boland
Oswego
Delos DeWolf
Boland
Alpena
Mich
Bolivia
Hall
Ogdensburg
Thomas Dobbie
West Side
Chicago
John R. Noyes
Oliver Mitchell
Mystic Star
Hurleys
Annie M. Peterson
Niko
Senator
Hoboken
Harmon
West Pier
G.G. Houghton
John W. Kerr
Jones
Toledo
Great Lakes