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Crouse Hinds manufactured the country’s first traffic light installed in Texas in 1921.

27 antennae located on the moon were made in Syracuse by Sims.

The dental chair was invented by Syracuse’s Milton Waldo Hanchett in 1840.

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  • News 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...


  • News 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...


  • News 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

  • News 1870 - March 24 – Syracuse University is established and officially opens.

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    March 24, 1870

  • News 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.
    genealogybank.com
    Macon Weekly Telegraph
    Macon, Georgia
    March 11, 1873

  • News 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...


  • News 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.
    genealogybank.com
    Trenton State Gazette
    Trenton, New Jersey
    February 13, 1874

  • News 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...


  • News 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.
    genealogybank.com
    Dallas Weekly Herald
    Dallas, Texas
    May 4, 1882

  • News 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...


  • News 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...


  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Drawing-Room Candles
    The Will & Baumer Company
    Syracuse, N.Y.

    The Ladies' Home Journal
    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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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Clinton Sq. and Erie Canal, Syracuse, N.Y.
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  • News 1903 - ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE
    Two Men Travel from San Francisco to New York - Have Reached Syracuse.

    Special to the New York Times.

    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...


  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Savings Bank, Erie Canal, Opera House
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    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...


  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    N.Y.C. train going though streets of Syracuse, N.Y., 1906
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Erie canal in Syracuse, N.Y.
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    The new First Presbyterian Church, 1907
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, 1907
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Post Office, 1907
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Train Crossing Salina St., 1907
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Carnegie Library
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    View of City from the North, Onondaga Lake in distance
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Brown, Curtis & Brown, South Salina Street
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Grand Opera Building
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    High School
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    Racing at the State Fair
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Birds-eye View of "White City"

    Amusement park in Syracuse which operated from 1906-1915
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Sacred Heart Polish Church, 1913
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Swimming Pool, Old Reservoir, 1913
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    University Building, 1914
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    View New York State Fair Grounds
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Home of the Mizpah
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Wolf Street from Salina Street
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Vanderbilt Square
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Circle of St. Mary's and Baptist Church. Syracuse, N. Y.
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Syracuse Clinic, 1922
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  • News 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...


  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    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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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    New York Central Station, 1924
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Onondaga County Court House and Columbus Monument. Syracuse, N. Y.
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Central New York Power Corporation Office Building. Erie Boulevard West at Franklin Street. Syracuse, N. Y.
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    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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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    The New W. T. Grant Store
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    Greetings from Syracuse, N.Y.
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    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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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    South Salina Street, Looking South from Fayette Street
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  • Syracuse, New York, USA
    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.

    National Weather Service



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Drawing-Room Candles
The Will & Baumer Company
Syracuse, N.Y.

The Ladies' Home Journal
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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N.Y.C. train going though streets of Syracuse, N.Y., 1906

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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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Brown, Curtis & Brown, South Salina Street

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Grand Opera Building

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Racing at the State Fair

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Birds-eye View of "White City"

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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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Circle of St. Mary's and Baptist Church. Syracuse, N. Y.

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Vanderbilt Square

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Syracuse Clinic, 1922

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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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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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The New W. T. Grant Store
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Greetings from Syracuse, N.Y.

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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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  • News  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... Read MORE...

  • News  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.

    genealogybank.com
    Gloucester Telegraph
    Gloucester, Massachusetts
    July 4, 1849

    Read more about Zachary TAYLOR photo of ancestor
  • 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...

  • News  1865 - The milkmen of Syracuse, New York, have astonished the city by voluntarily reducing the price of milk to six cents a quart.

    genealogybank.com
    Lowell Daily Citizen and News
    Lowell, Massachusetts
    May 11, 1865
  • News  1870 - March 24 – Syracuse University is established and officially opens.

    wikipedia.org
    March 24, 1870
  • News  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.
    genealogybank.com
    Macon Weekly Telegraph
    Macon, Georgia
    March 11, 1873
  • News  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.
    genealogybank.com
    Trenton State Gazette
    Trenton, New Jersey
    February 13, 1874
  • News  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...

  • News  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... Read MORE...

  • News  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.
    genealogybank.com
    Dallas Weekly Herald
    Dallas, Texas
    May 4, 1882
  • News  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... Read MORE...

  • News  1892 - December 20 - Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY

    historyorb.com
  • 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... Read MORE...

  • News  1903 - ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE
    Two Men Travel from San Francisco to New York - Have Reached Syracuse.

    Special to the New York Times.

    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... Read MORE...


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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...

  • News  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... Read MORE...


    Read more about Edward Franklin "Pop" GEERS photo of ancestor



  • Syracuse is the snowiest city in the U.S., averaging 123.8 inches (314 cm) annually.

    National Weather Service


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