Ogdensburg, city, Saint Lawrence County, northern New York, a port at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Oswegatchie rivers, opposite Prescott, Ontario; incorporated as a city 1868. Dairy items, electrical parts, circuit boards, and hardware are produced in the city. Located here are Wadhams Hall Seminary-College (1924), a junior college, and a museum housing a major collection of works by the frontier artist Frederic Remington. The site was settled (1749) by the French as a fortress and Native American mission and was known as La Présentation until 1760. The city is named for Samuel Ogden, who purchased the land in 1792. In August 1940 it was the site of the Ogdensburg Declaration, in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Mackenzie King announced the establishment of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense. Population 12,375 (1980); 13,521 (1990); 12,364 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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