Oswego Township

by Oswegoland Heritage Association and Roger Matile

Book Overview

In 1832, John, Walter, and Daniel Pearce, and their brother-in-law, William Smith Wilson, walked west from their homes in Ohio prospecting for land. When they reached the Fox River in the vicinity of modern Oswego, they agreed they had found the place they wanted to settle. The next year, 1833, after selling their Ohio farms, they traveled west by wagon with their families and became the first settlers in Oswego Township. Just two years later, Lewis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738552089
• ISBN13: 9780738552088
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"