History of Syracuse, New York, USA

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•  1841 - FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TERRIBLE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION IN SYRACUSE - EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE.
  We have received slips from Albany, Utica and Syracuse, giving us further particulars of the dreadful appalling disaster, which has thrown Syracuse and the nieghboring towns into the deepest gloom.
  It appears that the fire broke out last Friday night, in a wooden building situated on the tow path o...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1849 - President Taylor at State Fair
  There will be an encampment of citizen soldiery at Syracuse, New York, during the approaching State Fair, which President Taylor will attend. It is expected that General Taylor will review the troops in camp.
  
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  Gloucester Telegraph
  Gloucester, Massachusetts
  July 4, 1849
  
  
• 1854 - Syracuse
  Syracuse, a flourishing city of Central New York, and capital of Onondaga county, is situated on the S. end of Onondaga lake, and on a creek of that name, 148 miles by railroad W. by N. from Albany, 80 miles E. by S. from Rochester, and 35 miles S. S. E. from Oswego. Lat, 43° 4' N., Ion. 76° 12' W. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1865 - The milkmen of Syracuse, New York, have astonished the city by voluntarily reducing the price of milk to six cents a quart.
  
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  Lowell Daily Citizen and News
  Lowell, Massachusetts
  May 11, 1865
  
  
•  1870 - March 24 – Syracuse University is established and officially opens.
  
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•  1873 - Fortune from Shoplifting
  A female shoplifter in Syracuse, New York, who has recently been pardoned out of jail, is said to have accumulated a fortune of $80,000 by stealing. It was securely invested and could not be discovered at the time of conviction.
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  Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Macon, Georgia
  March 11, 1873
  
  
•  1874 - APPALLING DISASTER - LOSS OF MANY LIVES.
  FALLING OF A FLOOR - A PLEASURE PARTY IN DEADLY PERIL - THE LOSS NOT YET KNOWN.
  
  Syracuse, June 23. - An appalling catastrophe occurred here tonight. A strawberry festival was being held at the parlors of the Central Baptist Church, when, without any premonition, the floor gave way, precipitating ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1874 - The Republicans of Syracuse, New York, have made a nice mess of it.
  They have allowed the Liberals to capture their primary meetings and nominate a Liberal for the most important place on their ticket. This is an illustration of the danger to be apprehended from not attending the ward meetings. A few such lessons would be wholesome.
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  Trenton State Gazette
  Trenton, New Jersey
  February 13, 1874
  
  
•  1880 - Prematurely Mingled with Water.
  SYRACUSE, Jan. 5. - The fifth floor of one section of the Greenway Brewing company's immense buildings gave way this morning, and in its fall carried all below it, with one man on the upper floor, and another one on the lower floor was injured, but not seriously. Seven hundred bushels of corn and wh...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1882 - Within five and a half miles of Syracuse, New York, is an Indian reservation comprising 5,950 acres of the best land in the state.
  Here the Onondagas live and keep up their traditions. They will not work and by the treaty by which they hold the land, they cannot sell it. The sight of the fertile but idle acres has set the New York statesmen to work to devise some method of kicking the Indians out.
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  Dallas Weekly Herald
  Dallas, Texas
  May 4, 1882
  
  
•  1890 - FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
  SYRACUSE, Oct. 15. - The Leland hotel, the finest in the city, was totally destroyed by fire last night and it is feared there has been loss of life.
  
  TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
  NEW YORK, OCT. 15. - It is reported from Syracuse, that probably 25 lives were lost by the Leland house fire. Full particu...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1892 - December 20 - Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY
  
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• 1895 - Syracuse
  Syracuse, a city and port of entry of New York, the capital of Onondaga co., is situated on the main line of the New York Central Railroad, and on the Erie and Oswego Canals, at the S. terminus of the latter, 148 miles W. by N. of Albany, and 150 miles E. of Buffalo. The railroad facilities of Syrac...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Drawing-Room Candles
  The Will & Baumer Company
  Syracuse, N.Y.
  
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  January 1898
  
  Will & Baumer was founded in 1855 by Anton Will, a carpenter who moved to Syracuse from Germany (the Baumer name was added in 1896)... syracuse.com
  
  On July 6, 1896, the Will & Baumer Candle Co. was formed when the Eckerman and Will Candle Co. merged with the Francis Baumer Candle Co. The new company specialized in making religious candles, some of which were made by hand. By 1912,... Read MORE...
  
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  Clinton Sq. and Erie Canal, Syracuse, N.Y.
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•  1903 - ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE
  Two Men Travel from San Francisco to New York - Have Reached Syracuse.
  
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  SYRACUSE. July 23. - Dr H. Nelson Jackson of Burlington, Vt., and Sewall K. Crocker of Tacoma, Washington, arrived here tonight in an automobile on a pleasure trip from San Francisco to New Y...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Savings Bank, Erie Canal, Opera House
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  City Hall
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• 1906
  Syracuse, a city and port of delivery, capital of Onondaga co., N.Y., is situated on the New York Central and Hudson River, the West Shore and the Lackawanna Rs., 148 miles W. by N. of Albany. It is at the southern end of Onondaga Lake, which is circled by a broad boulevard, and presents a pleasing ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  N.Y.C. train going though streets of Syracuse, N.Y., 1906
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  Erie canal in Syracuse, N.Y.
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  The new First Presbyterian Church, 1907
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  Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, 1907
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  Post Office, 1907
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  Train Crossing Salina St., 1907
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  Carnegie Library
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  View of City from the North, Onondaga Lake in distance
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  Brown, Curtis & Brown, South Salina Street
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  Grand Opera Building
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  High School
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  Racing at the State Fair
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  Birds-eye View of "White City"
  
  Amusement park in Syracuse which operated from 1906-1915
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  Sacred Heart Polish Church, 1913
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  Swimming Pool, Old Reservoir, 1913
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  University Building, 1914
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  View New York State Fair Grounds
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  Home of the Mizpah
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  Wolf Street from Salina Street
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  Vanderbilt Square
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  Circle of St. Mary's and Baptist Church. Syracuse, N. Y.
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  Syracuse Clinic, 1922
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•  1924 - Hinds Killed in Race After Tribute to Geers; He Is Thrown From His Sulky at Syracuse Fair
  SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 8 — In full view of several thousand persons who but an hour before had bared their heads and paid silent tribute to Edward F. (Pop) Geers, the veteran driver who was killed last week on a Southern track. Tommy Hinds, himself a veteran of Grand Circuit racing, was thrown to hi...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hotel Syracuse
  
  "Originally known as the Hotel Syracuse, this property was considered to be the largest and most prestigious hotel in Syracuse, New York, for nearly 90 years. It was built from 1922-1924 by architect George B. Post and Sons as a community hotel with local shareholders. Its doors officially opened to the public in August 1924..." historichotels.org
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  New York Central Station, 1924
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  Onondaga County Court House and Columbus Monument. Syracuse, N. Y.
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  Central New York Power Corporation Office Building. Erie Boulevard West at Franklin Street. Syracuse, N. Y.
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  MacArthur Stadium
  
  "MacArthur Stadium was a stadium in Syracuse, New York. Opened in 1934 as Municipal Stadium, it was used primarily for baseball and was the home of Syracuse Chiefs before they moved to P&C Stadium, (now NBT Bank Stadium) in 1997. The ballpark had an initial capacity of 8,416 people; its capacity was increased to 10,006 before it was renamed in honor of General Douglas MacArthur in 1942. The stadium was razed in 1997 to provide a parking lot for the newly built P&C Stadium... Read MORE...
  
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  The New W. T. Grant Store
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  Greetings from Syracuse, N.Y.
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  State Tower Building. Syracuse, N. Y.
  
  "The State Tower Building is a high-rise building located in Syracuse, New York. Completed in 1928, the building remains the highest in Syracuse. It has around 23 floors and is around 312 feet (95.4 meters) tall. For several years after the Bastable Theatre burnt down in a 1923 fire, the plot of land was considered as the potential site of a new theatre or an office building. Eventually the plot's owners, Central Offices decided to build an office... Read MORE...
  
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  South Salina Street, Looking South from Fayette Street
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  Jefferson Bowling Academy, 410-420 E. Jefferson Street
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• Syracuse is the snowiest city in the U.S., averaging 123.8 inches (314 cm) annually.
  
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