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Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA
"Auburn, a city and the capital of Cayuga co, N.Y., is on the Auburn Branch of the New York Central Railroad, where it crosses the Lehigh Valley Railroad, 77 miles E.S.B. of Rochester, 173 miles W. by N. of Albany, and 31 miles S. of Oswego. It is built on both sides of the outlet of Owasco Lake, which lies 23 miles S.S.E. of the city. The site is undulating, or moderately uneven, and the streets present some deviations from a rectangular plan. Some of the streets are lined with elegant residences and beautiful gardens and shrubberies. The principal public buildings, hotels, and places of business are on Genesee street. They are mostly built of stone or brick. Auburn is the site of a state prison,—a large stone building enclosed by a high wall. The convicts (about 1200 in number) are employed in various mechanic arts and manufactures. Within the same enclosure is located one of the New York state insane hospitals. The Auburn Theological Seminary, which was founded in 1821, is richly endowed, and is under the direction of the Presbyterians. It has an annual attendance of about 50 students, and a library of 11,000 volumes. The Auburn Academic High School, founded in 1866 (new building, 1890, costing $90,000), has an annual attendance of about 250 pupils male and female. Auburn has 10 public schools, a court-house, 1 private and 2 national banks, 16 churches, a state armory, academy cf music, and printing-offices which issue 2 daily and 5 weekly newspapers. Among the churches of Auburn 3 are Baptist, 1 Disciple, 2 Episcopal, 3 Catholic, 3 Methodist, 4 Presbyterian, and 1 Universalist. The chief industries are manufactures of iron, carpets, woollen goods, flour, &c., for which the outlet affords motive-power. There is also a manufactory of reapers and mowing-machines, said to be the most extensive in the Union. The statesman Wm. H. Seward resided for many years in this city, and was buried here. Pop. in 1880, 21,924; in 1890, 25,858."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
J.B. Lippincott, 1895
"Auburn, a city and the capital of Cayuga co, N.Y., is on the Auburn Branch of the New York Central Railroad, where it crosses the Lehigh Valley Railroad, 77 miles E.S.B. of Rochester, 173 miles W. by N. of Albany, and 31 miles S. of Oswego. It is built on both sides of the outlet of Owasco Lake, which lies 23 miles S.S.E. of the city. The site is undulating, or moderately uneven, and the streets present some deviations from a rectangular plan. Some of the streets are lined with elegant residences and beautiful gardens and shrubberies. The principal public buildings, hotels, and places of business are on Genesee street. They are mostly built of stone or brick. Auburn is the site of a state prison,—a large stone building enclosed by a high wall. The convicts (about 1200 in number) are employed in various mechanic arts and manufactures. Within the same enclosure is located one of the New York state insane hospitals. The Auburn Theological Seminary, which was founded in 1821, is richly endowed, and is under the direction of the Presbyterians. It has an annual attendance of about 50 students, and a library of 11,000 volumes. The Auburn Academic High School, founded in 1866 (new building, 1890, costing $90,000), has an annual attendance of about 250 pupils male and female. Auburn has 10 public schools, a court-house, 1 private and 2 national banks, 16 churches, a state armory, academy cf music, and printing-offices which issue 2 daily and 5 weekly newspapers. Among the churches of Auburn 3 are Baptist, 1 Disciple, 2 Episcopal, 3 Catholic, 3 Methodist, 4 Presbyterian, and 1 Universalist. The chief industries are manufactures of iron, carpets, woollen goods, flour, &c., for which the outlet affords motive-power. There is also a manufactory of reapers and mowing-machines, said to be the most extensive in the Union. The statesman Wm. H. Seward resided for many years in this city, and was buried here. Pop. in 1880, 21,924; in 1890, 25,858."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
J.B. Lippincott, 1895
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William H. Seward house - Auburn, New York- 1836 - October 6 - A second early season snowstorm produced 26 inches at Auburn, NY
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1854 - Convicts and Religion
Examinations made at Auburn, New York, showed that out of nine hundred convicts, only forty-seven had ever been in a Sabbath School, and that of...Read MORE...- 1859
AUBURN, the cap. of Cayuga co., in the state of New York, U. S., 173 m. W of Albany, on the outlet of Owasco lake, Pop. 5,626. There is a...Read MORE... - 1860 - December 28 - Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn NY, on her last mission to free slaves, evading capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman house - Auburn, New York
Harriet Tubman marker - Auburn, New York
American Hotel in Auburn, NY where George W. Salisbury and Caroline Smith were married -- believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad -- Source: Unknown- 1869 - Emma A. Ridley, of Auburn, N. Y., was struck by lightning and instantly killed,
the other day, while standing at a table ironing. No injury was done to the house.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 3, 1869 - 1869 - Seward Trip
Hon. William H. Seward, accompanied by Hon. Frederick W. Seward and lady, and Abijah Fitch, Esq., of Auburn, N.Y., have started out on a tour of some ...Read MORE... - 1870 - Boiler Explosion at Auburn - A Building Demolished and One Man Killed
AUBURN, N. Y., Sept. 20. - The steam boiler in T. R. STALKER's planing-mill exploded at 6 o'clock this morning completely demolishing the large brick ...Read MORE... - 1870 - Planing Mill Fire
AUBURN, N. Y., Aug. 19. - At 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the sash and blind factory and planing-mill of EVARTS BROS. The building,...Read MORE... - 1877 - Printers are upstanding citizens?
There are only three printers confined in Auburn, New York, prison. Among the convicts can be found twenty-seven clergymen, forty-two lawyers and...Read MORE... - 1879 - Auburn
IN 1815, Auburn was the largest village in Central or Western New York. Rochester and Syracuse had not then been incorporated as villages, Buffalo...Read MORE... 
Engine and Hose Co. No. 5, Truck A, Fire Department, Auburn, N.Y.- 1880 - Strange Series of Misfortunes
Daniel Cornwall, of Auburn, New York, was the victim within the twenty-four hours ending at noon yesterday, of a singular series of misfortunes. On...Read MORE... 
Auburn, N.Y. - State Street from Genesee Street- 1888 - The doors of the First National Bank of Auburn, N.Y., were closed on the 23d, the result of a defalcation of $200,000 on the part of its cashier, Charles O'Brien, who had fled.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 28, 1888 - 1890 - Q. Where was the first person electrocuted for a crime in the United States?
A. In the State Prison at Auburn, New York, August 6, 1890.
The Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio
October 23, 1935 - January 18, 1890?
A Pleasant Call - Last evening a number of the members of the class of which David Salisbury is a member, of Wall street M. E. Church, called at his...Read MORE... 
City Hall
Genesee and Market Streets- June, 1891 (exact date unknown) - The 111th Survivors
A Large Delegation From this County Will Go to Gettysburg
A large number of the survivors of the old 111 Regiment of this county are making active ...Read MORE... 
Franklin St. School, Auburn, NY 1895
Seymour St. School, Auburn, NY 1895
Auburn NY - late 1800s
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Lehigh Valley Depot
Elks Building
First Presbyterian Church
South Street
The Willard Home, Genesee Street
First Baptist Church, Auburn, N. Y.
Post Office, Auburn, N. Y.
North Street, Auburn, N. Y.- 1902 - All Show Improvement - Tult, Salisbury and Farrell Will Probably Recover - The Funeral of Harvey
George Tult, George Salisbury and James Farrell, the three men who were seriously injured in the elevator accident at D. M. Osborne & Co's are...Read MORE... - 1902 - Big Freight Elevator Falls at Osborne's
One Man Killed and Three Others Injured Yesterday Afternoon
Lift Dropped From Within Three Feet of the Top and Men Were Thrown Beneath Mower...Read MORE... 
Fulton Street School
Lakeside Park
High School, 1907
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Y.M.C.A. Building, 1907- 1910 - BEST REUNION YET - Ranks of 111th Are Thinning but Old Spirit Is There
WITH OLD COMMANDER AGAIN
Hospitality of MacDougall Home to Be Extended to Survivors Next Year
The survivors of the One Hundred and Eleventh...Read MORE... 
Old Ladies' Home
Auburn Prison
South Street- 1911 - Joseph Nash was put to death in the electric chair at Auburn, New York, yesterday for murdering his son-in-law. Nash was a prominent citizen of Waterloo, N. Y.
The Caucasian
Clinton, North Carolina
May 4, 1911 - 1912 - MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN DIE WHEN FIREWORKS EXPLODE.
ONE OTHER IS KILLED OUTRIGHT - SMALL GIRL VICTIM DIES AT THE HOSPITAL.
SEVERAL HOUSES WRECKED.
FIREWORKS STORED IN AUBURN RESIDENCE EXPLODE...Read MORE... 
Harriet Tubman's grave - Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York- 1914 - Missing Auburn Man Believed in the Woods - Sherman S. Salisbury Who Disappeared at Malone. May Be Mentally Unbalanced.
Watertown - Feb. 5 - John M. Hyde, head of the Black River Paper & Manufacturing Company, by which Sherman S. Salisbury of Auburn was employed as ...Read MORE... - 1914 - Missing Auburn Man is Located in Adirondacks - Sherman S. Salisbury Employed at Lumber Camp, Mr. Wallace Informs Friends
AUBURN - Feb. 8 - Sherman S. Salisbury of No. 17 Mary street in this city, reported to have been missing from Watertown for nearly four months, is in ...Read MORE... 
Fire Department, 1914
Case Memorial Library
Osborne House
Owasco Road
New Seward School- 1916
Auburn, a city and the capital of Cayuga co., N.Y., is on the New York Central and Hudson River R., where it crosses the Lehigh Valley R., 173 miles...Read MORE... 
Country Club on Owasco Lake
Corner, South and Exchange Streets
St. Mary's Church- 1922 - AUBURN LANDMARK BURNED. Cayuga County Courthouse Destroyed With a Loss of $200,000.
AUBURN, N. Y., April 30 - The Cayuga County Courthouse was destroyed by fire of unknown origin this afternoon. The building was a handsme [sic]...Read MORE... 
Hoops Park
Cayuga County Court House- 1989 - This week in history… 75 Years Ago…
Jan 28, 1914: George W. Salisbury, 1 1/ 2 Lewis St., is the proud owner of a file of the "Free Press", a paper which was printed in Auburn's early...Read MORE...
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