Hiawatha Legend Ties Five Nations At Onondaga Site
Onondaga hosts a legend of Hiawatha that forged the Iroquois Confederacy among the Five Nations. The piece traces the union of Senecas Cayugas Onondagas Oneidas and Mohawks from early migrations to the 17th and 18th centuries and notes the spread of influence from Ontario to Chesapeake Bay. It mentions tribes moving through Michigan Lake Ontario and the Susquehanna Valley and references Tuscaroras joining as the Sixth Nation near Unadilla.
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Trbes
Montreal
Chesapeake Bay
Maine
Rundy
Onondaga Reservation
Syracuse
Michigan
Lake Ontario
Ontario
Niagara
Susquehanna Valley
Genesee
Lake Cayugs
Jacques Cartier
BL Lawrence
Mohawk Valley
Carolina
Unadilla
Onondage
Tuscaroras
New York State
Chittenango
Utica
Algonquin Country
Jefferson County
St. Lawrence
Sandy Creek
Oswego
Oswego Falls
Hiawatha
Bridwinsville
Areho
League of Nations
Dekanawidah
Iroquois and Champlain at Oneida Castle narrative fragment
Fragmentary account recounts Champlain attacks and Iroquois repulse near Oneida Castle and Oriskany, with references to Oswego marching southeast toward the Sixteenth Century. It notes Onondaga settlements, village moves, and Hiawatha’s envisioned league, concluding with a continued narrative across columns.
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Champlain
Oneida Castle
Oswego
Oriskany
End
Madison
Setlemente
Oneida
Perryville
Samuel de Champlain
Limestone Creek
Flemines
New Bank in City Not Superstitious
The oldest savings bank, Stracuns Savings Bank, founded and opened in June after the city’s formation, with quarters in a frame building near Fayette Park, Harvey Baldwin serving as first mayor and president. Onondaga County Savings Bank, founded six years later, was not superstitious about 13 depositors opening accounts on day one.
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Stracuns Savings Bank
Fayette Park
Harvey Baldwin
Onondaza County Savings Bank
Syracuse Heroes Of The Great War Remembered In 1919 Tribute
The article salutes Syracuse residents who served in World War I noting 17 000 local lives at stake and 54 total deaths on Victory Memorial Day. It highlights civic support, war bonds, Red Cross and YMCA efforts, and honors individuals like Homer J Wheaton Leland Mooney and Lester Herrick who earned the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Onondaga County
Board of Supervisors
United States
Ithe
Jena Meutenant
Richard FyiGnifftths
Syracusa
Daves
Ted Cross
Red Cross
Sanation Army
League For Women’s Service
YMCA
Ite Jblant
War Industries Board
Jan Alexander T. Brown
W W. C. Lipe
Army Motor Vehicles
Franklin Company
Semet-Solvay Company
Syracuse
Homer J Wheaton
St John’s School
Manlius
Massachusetts
Leland Mooney
One Hundred Sixth Ambulance Company
Anandagang
Danny Murphy
Pleardy
Harry HL Farmer
Cook
W. x. Kraust
Andrea
Crowe
Lester Herrick
Incoherent OCR Caption Reflects War Era Nonsense
Fragmentary text mentions Pershing and a Twenty division review, hints at a community and awards tied to settlers, but content is garbled and lacks clear facts or events to summarize accurately.
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Pershing
Sane
Saten
Politicians Made Boners Here In Syracuse History
Syracuse has hosted several historic political missteps. Prominent figures during the War of 1812 misread maps, prompting orders to send a warship up Oswego River to seize cannon parts at Mickles Furnace near Elmwood. Canal issues and suggestions to deepen Salina Street’s canal to lower the water level and sprinkle streets reflect the era’s political flubs.
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Syracuse
War Armatrong
New York City
Mickles
Elmwood
Onondaga River
Oswego River
Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Creek
Earl
Yan
Salina St
County Raised 12000 Civil War Troops From Onondaga Amid War
The Onondaga County community supplied more than 12 000 men to the Union forces, many from Syracuse and surrounding areas. Hundreds did not return, with battles across Virginia Tennessee and Georgia. The county also funded a large war debt and supported industry at home as thousands donned blue uniforms.
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County
Onondaga
United States
Lees
New York
Virginia
Tennesee
Georgia
Syracuse
Younger Set Had Old Pet Pavilion in Syracuse
A ramshackle pavilion near Dore win Springs now part of the Rice oxtake drew the youthful crowd of the Gay Nineties. Lit by an off lamp, it was a modest venue where young people brought food and coffee, danced to Kapps Orchestra, and provided transport for the musicians.
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Dorewin Springs
Syracuse
Kapps
How Baldwinsville Was Founded A Remarkable Early Voyage
Dr Jonas Baldwin and his wife sailed down the Seneca River in 2357 bound for a new home in Ojid after a Danish dueling era near Little Falls. Mrs Baldwin admired Me Harrie's Patt and contemplated settling for life. The couple later bought land in Philadelphia and moved to Ovid, founding Baldwinsville.
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Jonas Baldwin
Seneca
Ojid
Little Falls
Harrie
Dr. Baldwin
Philadelphia
Ovid
Baldwinsville
Gov Clinton Sees Erie Canal Opening Remarks
Governor DeWitt Clinton spoke from Mansion House in Albany on October 2 1825 describing the Erie Canal opening. He praised Syracuse prosperity and future building activity while noting the canal view extended only to nearby backyards and trees beyond.
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DeWitt Clinton
Othwell J
Syracuse
Es Dencen
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