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- A Drive Around Ogdensburg, NY
Over 260 years ago Sulpician missionaries from Quebec traveled up the St. Lawrence River by canoe in search of a site for a new settlement and mission. French-born Abbé François Piquet thought the site strategically located and elected to build his mission and fort here in 1749. It was the first white habitation of what would eventually become the City of Ogdensburg, NY. [1]
Picquet christened the settlement as Fort de la Présentation for the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. His intention was to instruct the indigenous peoples of the area and safeguard the land for his native France. The Fort served as a church, school, trading post and Native American village. The first mass at the site was celebrated on June 1, 1749. [2]
Ogdensburg's French phase ended in 1760. Downstream in the St. Lawrence River on Chimney Island Fort Lévis was constructed by Captain Pierre Pouchot, French engineer and soldier. Fort Lévis was the location of the last major battle among the French and English in the French and Indian War. Both Forts came under British rule. Fort la de Presentation was renamed Fort Oswegatchie and became a supply depot and a demanding stopping place for traveling soldiers. [3]
British forces and the new United States of America fought for command of the region. The British were ultimately ordered to vacate the area on June 6, 1796 and the first settlers under the American Flag arrived in Ogdensburg on August 11, 1796. Ogdensburg was named for Colonel Samuel Ogden, who was a patriot during the Revolutionary War. [4]
Ogdensburg has the honor of being one of the rare places in the United States to have been under the government of three flags. Over the course of the next 20 years, Ogdensburg became an essential border community. Industry blossomed along the river and Ogdensburg began to flourish. The total population of Ogdensburg went from 138 in 1800 to 16,610 in 1820. [5]
On April 5, 1817, Ogdensburg became the first incorporated village in St. Lawrence County. The letter 'h' was added to its name and dropped when it became a city on April 27, 1868, the only city in St. Lawrence County and the only United States City on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The City expanded into a busy shipping center for river traffic and greeted its first train in 1850. The beginning of the railway drew trade from the upper lakes to New England. By 1860, Ogdensburg was known as 'New York of the North'. [6]
On February 16, 1872, Pope Pius IX designated the City as the See of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg. The first telephone was installed in July 1881 in the dwelling and offices of the Proctor Lumber Company. The HuffDeland Airplane Company, established in the early 1920's in Ogdensburg, fabricated airplanes for the United States Government, the company left Ogdensburg shortly after and became Delta Airlines. In 1929, after a tour of the St. Lawrence River area, Governor Roosevelt suggested the building of a bridge across the Seaway to improve communication between New York State and Ontario. The bridge opened for traffic 50 years ago on September 21, 1960. [7]
In 1976, the first building opened in Commerce Park, a light industrial park developed by the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority. Numerous Canadian-based firms have located in this park as trade between Canada and the United States continues to be fundamental to the expansion of Ogdensburg. [8]
[1] Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce. History of Ogdensburg, www.ogdensburgny.com/history-art, 2022
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Ibid.
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Thank you! O'burg was my father's hometown. Spent every summer there with my grandmother. Is my second home. Went back after almost 50 years and felt like being back at home. Still charming and brimming with natural beauty. The "mall" is still the great travisty. Would never happen today. That said, at least Wimpy's is still there!
Thanks fir watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. I lived in the area from 1979 to 1995. It's sad to see the old photos when compared to today. 😎
Thanks for the ride and tour. I grew up there on Washington street between Elizabeth and Franklin St. You may remember our family, George Phillips was my father and we owned Phillips Diner. We sold to my uncle Joe Rishe, who passed it along to my cousin Judy. We left the burg in 77. I will be passing this along to my daughter so she can see what my little burg looks like. Definitely not the same as it was in the 60s and 70s. Thanks again.
I moved to Ogdensburg in 1979 and lived there for about 15 years. The first place I ever ate was Phillips Diner. I got a bacon cheeseburger and a double order of fries. When I said a double order of fries they looked at me funny. IO got the bacon cheeseburger on one plate and the fries came on their own plate. Couldn’t believe how many fries I got. I was used to the McD’s size. BTW - the bacon cheeseburger was huge! Last time I was there in April for the eclipse I ate at Phillips Diner. Thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. You might like my other videos. 😎
Many memories, Phillips Diner, Dixie Lee Chicken, Simply Sandwiches (Lowes Plaza) and fishing vacations on Black Lake.
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My family used own the Dixie lee 3 years ago
Grew up here. You drove by a house I still own there. Thanks for the tour. It felt like I was there myself. So hard to see what we knew was there.
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Thank you for the drive thru. I grew up in Ogdensburg and don’t get back there much.
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Thank you for the drive thru. I have good memories of Ogdensburg.. i attended the college, once there Mater Dei. Good memories of areas as you did your drive around. I remember shopping in the mall, when plenty of stores were there. . Thank you
I appreciate you watching and commenting, Mater Dei campus is on Netflix now in the Program - Academy at Ivy Ridge. I lived in the area from 1979 to 1995. 😎
Beautiful. I work on the other side of water as truck driver.
Thank you. . . 😁
As a radio geek, I loved seeing the ol' "PAC-93" tower - What a beaut. Almost as majestic looking as the WMSA/Massena tower. Any plans for a Massena deep-dive drive thru?
Possibly when it warms up again. Was just up there. I want to do Akwesasne too. You'll see I do have a partial of the Rez when I was talking about one of my books Akwesasne: Divided by more than the St. Lawrence River czcams.com/video/LREjXtQ40SE/video.html and one about Eisenhower Locks czcams.com/video/AFPW8I7IazM/video.html 😃
I grew up there in the '60s and '70s hasn't changed much. Was a beautiful place to grow up as a kid hunting fishing. All that's good stuff if you like the outdoors
I lived in Ogdensburg from 1979 to 1982, then Heuvelton, and finally Macomb until 1995. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate. 😎
I enjoyed your tour! Thank you for focusing on the positive.
Thank you for the drive-along
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Lived on Knox St. with my grandmother for a short time back in the late sixties. Beautiful town and people far as I remember. Thank you for the tour.
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My late mother was from Ogdensburg. She lived on Jay street growing up. We used to visit every summer and stayed at my grandmother’s camp on the St Lawerance River. Kathleen A.
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I live right next to jay street I might know her
I'll have to get out there and take a look so much new York to see
New York has beaches and mountains. . . thanks for the comment and the watch
Enjoyed your channel. I was born and raised in Ottawa. Now living in Saskatchewan.
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I am a Canadian living in Ottawa. I am in love with Ogdensburg. My life is incomplete if I dont drive down to Ogdensburg once every month.
It was once the jewel of the North Country but now days it needs some work. I used to work in Ottawa in the early 1980's and lived in Ogdensburg. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. 😎
@@The_Cultural_Historian_DrRGST If I ever win a lottery, I will invest in a business in Ogdensburg & settle down there. I love the town so much. Helps me drift in to nostalgia. I left a suburban spot in India in search of better opportunity. So, I settled in Ottawa. But, my heart is in Ogdensburg. It is eerily similar to the place I left 30 years back.
Actually, let me confess - I have a severe addiction - to Ogdensburg. Its turning me crazy. I dont hav any friends or home in Ogdensburg. But, I still hav to go there every month, just to keep my brain & mind in order. Ogdensburg is the medicine of my life.@@The_Cultural_Historian_DrRGST
Syracuse has their own Bishop, Douglas Lucia, and in Ogdensburg we have Bishop Terry LaValley. Bishop Lucia was originally from the Diocese of Ogdensburg.
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Nice tour. I visited a few times in the early 70’s as a small child. I am a shirttail relative of the Hentschels through the Farleys.
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nice shot of the cathedral
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The coast Guard ship and station was in the town of Prescott Ontario Canada across the St.Lawrence River from this small American town !
Went there many times. My sister-in-law is from there. When NY only sold 3.2% beer we would go there and get Bradors 6%. . . .
Born in Hepburn Hospital. My home town
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I spent my early years on the corner of Hasbrook & Green. I was baptized in the church on Green St. The park is where we used to play. My dad is buried in the cemetery right there.
@@phildilcox651 Both of our sons were born in Hepburn Hospital. 40 years ago😎
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Hello. Id like to meet you if you live in Ogdensburg.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I lived in Ogdensburg about 25 years ago for about 10 years. Married a local woman. I come up every once in a while. Next time I come up I'll contact you. BTW - I am on LinkedIn.
That is not senior housing anymore they let anybody move into those high-rises there is a lot of drugs in them buildings I miss the city when I was a kid it had Eddie's market wimpy's kids actually went outside to play instead of playing their video game systems indoors all day you could keep your doors unlocked and no one would bother your house the seaway festival had a lot more to do and it was fun to be at now that's all it is is a bunch of drunks at the parade including the fireworks we had politicians that cared about the community families could go down to the park and play in peace now you got to worry about people coming down there using bad language or stealing your kids bikes I miss back in the early '80s when me and my grandparents used to go for a ride in the winter time to see all the Christmas lights around the city I remember my parents saying to me when the street lights come on get your butt home the city is real rundown they need to start cleaning it up and get a real police force that will do their job and politicians that care about the city and the people in it I am not going to say the city councilors name but he told me the other day that there was somebody from Georgia willing to put a water park here in the city council turned it down yes I am very young I graduated high school in 1998 and I will be 44 in June of next year it's hard to look for good things in this city when there is people who don't want to make this city better out of my senior class there was 55 graduates one died two months before graduation of cancer three of us still live here so 51 people out of my graduating class have moved out of the area because there's nothing here to offer to their families the only reason I am still there is because of my nieces and nephews my mom dad and stepfather if they all moved out of here I would go with them
Living here it’s all crackheads and drunks
If it makes you feel any better, I just moved here from North Carolina. I know there's another family from NC that moved here recently, too. This place has potential. Yes, it has problems, but I'm not giving up on this town. I plan on staying.
You're punctuation is excellent.
At least we use punctation
I will be going to Ogdensburg to visit city hall to view artifacts from Fort LaPresentation. I’d like some help from people who live there to tell me where to find the beautiful old homes, name of streets where they are located. TY in advance. I’m from Colton, NY and just got done reading the book called “Warriors of La Presentation”!
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…I don’t think the originals were Herons…, I believe, Iroquois, Onondaga at the mouth of the Oswagotchi river
Onondagas were South. Herons were North of Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence. Mohawks were probably in the area since Akwesasne is only about 40 miles farther North. Thanks for watching and commenting. 😎
@@The_Cultural_Historian_DrRGST , Onondagas, partnered with French, 1756, at Fort La Present, traveled the Oswagotchi, then down to Fort Bull, on Wood Creek, and Massacred the entire fort..
@@speedwagon7562 I stand corrected.😎
@@The_Cultural_Historian_DrRGST , you have great videos…
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Hey Chend/lle .... people don't notice when u go missing if ur already hiding in the dark
Was there once years ago on the way to Montreal ... couldn't believe how poor and rough and downright scary it was ... nothing was open (hard to believe they even call this place a "city" with a straight face) ..nothing was there to eat ... there was quite literally no downtown. .... stay away at all costs
Ogdensburg suffered from the destruction of downtown during "Urban Renewal" when hundreds of stores were taken out to put in a new mall - which failed. With few jobs, people either work in the prisons or retail, or some private business. Otherwise they left for greener pastures. It is sad, they make attempts to do things but lots of "old" opposition to new things. I lived there from 1979 to 1992 and in the area until 1995 or 96,
What a sad pathetic place.....all closed up......the theme of this video
I live here and it ain’t so bad more stuff opening now
Come for the River, stay for the Meth!
It's very true O'burg has suffered from drugs. 😎
Thank you for the drive thru. I grew up in Ogdensburg and don’t get back there much.
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Thank you for the drive thru. I grew up in Ogdensburg and don’t get back there much.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. . . thanks for watching and commenting. I truly appreciate it. 😎
Thank you for the drive thru. I grew up in Ogdensburg and don’t get back there much.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. . . thanks for watching and commenting. I truly appreciate it. 😎