In 1749, French Sulpician priest Abbé Picquet established Fort de La Presentation where the St. Lawrence and Oswegatchie Rivers meet at what is now Ogdensburg in Northern New York. By 1755 the settlement included 2,000 Iroquois loyal to France. It was abandoned in 1760 as British troops approached during the French and Indian War.

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• Ogdensburg History Museum is organized

• General Roscius Judson’s Most Excellent Speech

• Why St. Lawrence County seat was moved to Canton

• Report describes artifacts associated with Fort

• Ogdensburg has important anniversary in 2026

• Ogdensburg was major shipyard for more than a century

• Fort Association receives model of bridge at Van Rensselaer Point

• Ogdensburg news from 100 years ago

• Births, Deaths and Marriages at Fort La Presentation, 1750-1760

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• Fort Association Awards presented

• Association protects Fort shoreline

• Bread was staple food for area pioneers

• Ogdensburg should capitalize on its incredible history

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• Rename Downtown Arterial after Picquet

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• Major shoreline project underway

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• Count Frontenac’s Expedition of 1673

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• History of the St. Lawrence State Hospital, Ogdensburg, NY

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