Oswego
A view from 1939:
OSWEGO, (2,026 alt., 150 pop.), was named by early
settlers from Oswego, N. Y. It consists of scattered buildings
that escaped the flames of a devastating fire. Old-timers'
reunions are popular summer events here. The oldsters, wearing
the garb of the 1880's and 1890's, mingle with members of the
third generation. In the evening all dance the lively two-step
and polka, to music furnished by local fiddlers. Between dances
the settlers swap yarns of the days when they rode the range. Just west of Oswego is an Indian Cemetery with graves above
the ground.
Source: Montana: A State Guide Book; Compiled and Written
by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration
for the State of Montana; September, 1939. |