Editing Owasco, New York (section)

== History ==
In early times, Owasco was home to the Cayuga, who lived primarily between [[Owasco Lake|Owasco]] and [[Cayuga Lake|Cayuga]] lakes, which lay between the territory of the Onondaga and Seneca. [[Jesuit]]s founded missions among the Cayuga in the mid-17th century. In 1660, there were approximately 1,500 Cayuga.<ref name=p412>Pritzker 412</ref>

The land was first settled by [[Europeans]] around [[1792]], by a man named Herman Mesgow.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

After the [[American Revolution]], most Cayuga relocated to [[Canada]] after the [[Treaty of Canandaigua]] in 1794, although some bands were allowed small reservations in New York. New York made separate purchases and leases of land from the Indians, which were not ratified by the US Congress.

The town of Owasco was formed in 1802 from the town of [[Aurelius, New York|Aurelius]].

[[Lakeside Park (Owasco, New York)|Lakeside Park]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>