The stories of Oswego County, NY
8 narrated audio stories from across Oswego County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Safe Haven Museum and Education Center
How Oswego Refused to Let Safe Haven Disappear
A town and its former refugees built memory into a permanent home.
Oswego County
When New York Drew Oswego County
A lake-and-river region becomes a county of its own.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site
Behind Barbed Wire, a Brief Safe Haven
How Fort Ontario became a refuge, and a paradox, during World War II.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site
The Fort That Guarded the Front Door
How a strategic harbor kept forcing Fort Ontario back into war.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site
Behind the Walls at Fort Ontario
A wartime fort became a guarded refuge for 982 displaced Europeans.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site
When a Fort Became a Refuge
A wartime fort became America’s singular official shelter for Nazi victims.
Safe Haven Museum and Education Center
Behind the Fences at Safe Haven
A refuge in America that still felt painfully confined.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site
A Door Opened, but Only Partway
How Fort Ontario became America’s singular wartime refugee shelter.
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