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1.466
184,969
116,000
1,250
Rome ..
1,090
1,339
2,526
2,353
2,369
9,008
133,412
5,495
43,757
22.534
174.296
127.629,
1,141
Sangerfield ..
527
1,008
876
5.974
722
887
56,694
4,006
19.681
22,536
71,609
15,080
385
Steuben.
526
1,020
2,764
1,267
981
30
38.774₺
6,1164
17,739
11,057
260,800
131,473
2,427
Trenton
778
1,245
3,163
1,148
1,210
465
86,566₺
7.453
28,175
28.819
157,958
539,529
859
Utica
193
106
497
84
831
10,347
1,155
5,715
1,242
7.712
400
Vernon
835
1,218
2,051
1,910
1,164
2.634
104.1702
4,197
17,561
28.069
136.465
357.375
536
Verona. ..
1.051
2.482
2,663
3,094
2,091
1.509
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8.931
31,306
37,952
244,277
176,565
1,552}
Vienna
578
1,403
1,100
2.253
1.161
2,082
61,257}
3.229
16.876
19.440
82,715
25.210
2.0005₺
Western.
774
1.2×9
2.989
2.647
1.365
3.047
85.288
6,995}
23,751
22,713
263,090
247,900
1,736g
Westmoreland ...
852
1.528
2.411
3,636
1.559
623
103.397:
5.7924
28.336|
46,596
225,012
99,474
432
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791
958
1.295
1.386
1,339
624
69,051}
4.7074
27,605
26.244
95,558
11,765
316
Total.
17.398 30,038 47,794 50,841 31.228
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27,989
Calves.
Cows.
Sheep.
Swine.
Winter.
Spring.
Tons of Hay.
Bushels of
Potatoes.
Bushels of Apples.
Pounds
Butter.
Pounds
Cheese.
Domestic Cloths, in Yards.
Florence
209
749
1,006
807
810
1,919
36,940}
4,001
15.982
11.770
124,550
53.350
46
Marshall
635
1,652
1,280
1,903
768
3.455₺
98.374
3,869₴
20,380
37,309
103,260
31,372
657
Florence
13,131
17,145
137,985
2,650
140,635
1,451
1,361
490
539
417
17
1,204 519
Kirkland
15,3034
3,706
588,750
104,700
693,450
1,865
273
285
195
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ONONDAGA COUNTY.
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THIS county was formed from Herkimer, March 5, 1794, and in- cluded the original Military Traet. Cayuga was taken off March 8, 1799 ; Cortland, April 8, 1808 ; and a part of Oswego, March 1, 1816. It was named from the Onondaga tribe of Indians, whose principal residence was within its border. It lies near the eenter of the State, centrally distant 127 mi. from Albany, and contains 812 sq. mi.
Its surface is naturally divided into two nearly equal parts by an E. and w. line, the N. half being nearly level, and the s. broken by ridges of hills and gradually sloping upward to a height of about 1,000 feet on the s. border. These highlands constitute a portion of the most northerly spurs of the Central Allegany Mountains, where they sink down to a level with the lowlands which surround Lake Ontario. They are divided into five distinct ridges, all having a general N. and s. direction and separated by narrow and deep valleys. The most eastern of these ridges enters the town of Manlius from the E., and extends northward to the immediate vicinity of the Erie Canal, the valley of Limestone Creek forming its w. boundary. Its highest point is 600 to 800 ft. above the valley. The second ridge lies between the valleys of Limestone and Butternut Creeks and embraces the highlands of Fabius and Pom- pey, the w. part of Manlius, and the E. part of La Fayette and De Witt. In Pompey this range attains an elevation of 1,743 ft. above tide. The lower or N. part of this ridge is subdivided by the deep valley of the w. branch of Limestone Creek. The third range, between the valleys of Butternut and Onondaga Creeks, comprises the highlands of the central part of La Fayette, the w. part of De Witt, and the E. portions of Tully, Onondaga, and Syracuse. Its highest point, in La Fayette, is several hundred ft. lower than the hills of Pompey. The fourth range, between Onon- daga and Nine Mile Creeks, comprises the highlands of Otiseo, the w. portions of Tully, La Fay- ette, Onondaga, and Geddes, and the E. portions of Mareellus and Camillus. The highest point of this range, in Otisco, is but a few ft. lower than the highest point of Pompey. The fifth range, lying between Nine Mile Creek and Skaneateles Lake and Outlet, comprises the highlands of Spaf- ford, the w. parts of Marcellus and Camillus, and the E. parts of Skaneateles and Elbridge. Its highest point, Ripley Hill, in Spafford, is 1,981 ft. above tide. The axis of this whole system of highlands, extending through Pompey, Fabius, and Tully, forms a part of the watershed between Susquehanna River and Lake Ontario. The deelivities of these hills are generally steep; but their summits are rolling and crowned with forests or cultivated fields.
The geological formation of the eo. consists of alternate strata of shale and limestone, overlying each other in nearly horizontal layers. The lowest of these, cropping out on the s. shore of Oneida Lake, is the Clinton group of shale, and successively above these, toward the s., the Niagara lime- stone, the red and green shales and gypsum belonging to the Onondaga salt group, the waterlime group, Oriskany sandstone, Onondaga limestone, eorniferous limestone, Seneca limestone, Mar- cellus shales, Hamilton shales, Tully limestone, Genesee slate, and Ithaca shales. The last four mentioned arc found upon the summits of the southern hills. The salt group occupies the very base of the hills ; and the limestones erop out along their deelivities in an E. and w. line extending through the center of the co. The celebrated Onondaga Salt Springs are in the deep valley in which Onondaga Lake is situated, and the salt water is found above or within the strata of red shale. The salt wells are 200 to 400 feet deep. The green shales, embracing the hopper-formed strata, the magnesian or vermicular lime, and large quantities of gypsum in isolated masses, lie imme- diately above the red shales, and form the first deelivities of the ranges of hills. The gypsum is extensively quarried, and is one of the most important minerals in the State.1 Next above these shales is the waterlime stone,-another important and valuable mineral.2 The Onondaga limestone
1 Throughout the gypsum regions are found numerous tunnel- shaped cavities at the surface of the ground, 5 to 30 ft. deep and about the same in circumference. These are supposed to be caused by the underlying rocks being slowly dissolved by the rains, and the earth above falling into the cavity so formed. From year to year new cavities are continually forming.
2 This stone is burned and ground, and used for cement. It readily hardens under water, and may be used in all places ex- posed to continual dampness. It was used in constructing the locks on the Erie Canal, and is used on rail road work through- out the Western States and Canada. It forms one of the most valuable exports of the co.
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ONONDAGA COUNTY.
furnishes a beautiful and valuable building stone; and nearly all of the limestone strata furnish quieklime of a superior quality.
In variety, strength, and fertility, and in all the elements of perpetual productiveness, the soil of this co. is not surpassed by that of any other co. in the State. It is extensively derived from the decomposition of the underlying rocks.1 But the northern towns arc nearly all covered with drift, and their soil is generally a light, sandy loam, alternating with heavy elay. The vast de- posits of lime upon the hills go far toward enriching the soil of the valleys.2 In the central and N. portions the marshes are covered many feet thick with peat and muek formation, formed by the decaying vegetation of centuries, and furuishing the clements of almost boundless futurc fertility.3 More than one-half the entire tobacco crop of the State is raised in this eo.
The streams of the co. nearly all flow in a northerly direction and discharge their waters through Oswego River into Lake Ontario. In their course from the highlands they often flow over perpen- dicular ledges and through narrow ravines, forming a great number of beautiful caseades, the principal of which will be more particularly noticed in the description of the different towns. Os- wego River, which forms a part of the E. boundary of Lysander, is formed by the junetion of Seneca and Oneida Rivers. Seneca River4 enters the N. part of the co. from the w. and pursues a winding course until it unites with Oneida River. It is a broad, deep stream, and has upon it one series of rapids, which has been converted into a valuable water-power. In the lower part of its course it contains a broad sweep or bend from a s. E. to a N. w. direction ; and at its extreme s. point it receives the Onondaga Outlet from the s. Oneida River, the outlet of Oneida Lake, is a deep, sluggish, erooked stream, 18 mi. in length, and forms a link in the chain of internal navigable waters of the State. Limestone and Butternut Creeks, after flowing through narrow and deep parallel valleys among the hills, unite in the N. part of the town of Manlius, and flow into Chit- tenango Creek a few mi. above its entrance into Oneida Lake. Onondaga and Nine Mile Creeks- the latter being the outlet of Otiseo Lake-both flow into Onondaga Lake. Otiseo Inlet, a small stream entering the eo. from the s., may be considered the head branch of Nine Mile Creek. Skaneateles Outlet discharges its waters into Sencea River just beyond the w. border of the eo. Several small streams take their risc in the s. part of the co., aud, flowing s., form the head branches of Tioughnioga River. The principal lakes in the eo. are Oneida, Onondaga, and Cross Lakes, upon the level land of the N., and Skaneateles and Otisco Lakes, in deep valleys among the hills of the s. Oneida Lake, extending along the N. E. border of the co., is about 30 mi. in length ; and it forms a portion of the chain ef the internal navigable waters of the State.5 Onondaga Lake, celebrated for the salt springs which are found in its immediate vicinity, is about 5 mi. long.6 Cross Lake, upon the N. w. border of the eo., is a shallow body of water, about 5 mi. long, and may be considered as simply an enlargement of Seneca River. Skaneateles Lake, 16 mi. long, occupies a deep and narrow valley among the hills, and is considered one of the finest sheets of water in the State. The banks along its s. part rise precipitously to a height of several hundred ft., and the seencry is singularly wild and rugged. Toward the N. the summits deeline in height, and the land gradually and smoothly slopes down to the very edge of the water, forming a rich and ex- ceedlingly beautiful landscape. Otiseo Lake is about 4 mi. long, and is nearly surrounded by steep hills, 400 to 800 ft. above its surface. In the region occupied by the waterlime and Onondaga lime- stone formations are many deep rents and fissures, from 50 to 200 ft. below the surface, some of which contain little sheets of water. These remarkable depressions are evidently the result of
1 "These systems of rocks constitute the basis of onr soils; their particles, separated by the action of the elements, have been decomposed and in process of time rendered fruitful. Be- sides these rocks, we have beds of gravel and rounded stones. that have been brought to ns from the far North by water; and we often see large boulders of granitic rocks that were brought here on islands of ice that once drifted abont in the sea that, in a period far back in the world's history, submerged all this part of the continent. The springs that flow from the lime rocks deposit tufa,-in many instances in sufficient quantities to make farm fences and to burn lime. So highly are many of these springs charged with carbonate of lime that as soon as the water meets the air it parts with a part of the lime and incrusts leaves and twigs and whatsoever may be encountered. These substances, perhaps, then decay, leaving perfect forms upon the solid rock."-Ag. Address of Hom. George Grades.
2 " There are large deposits of marl in this co. ; one just E. of Syracuse is finely shown by the rail road cutting through it. The great Cicero Swamp is rich in this valuable fertilizer. Lake Sodom. in Manlins, is constantly depositing this mineral ; the trees that fall into the lake are whitened with it. Onondaga Lake is surrounded by a marl bed. The lakes of Tully are also inarl lakes."-Ag. Address of Hon. Gen. Geddes.
8 "As we go south, the ragged front of the limestone gives us a
hard soil to work,-being mixed with stones,-but of a mnost fruitful character. Ou still farther s. a grazing district takes the place of a wheat growing one. This change, however, may not be due eutirely to changes in the composition of the forma- tious. The country has becomo decidedly hilly. We now find steep slopes, inclined surfaces, deep ravines, rounded hills,-in fine. all the characteristics of good fields and walks for sheep and cows, for sweet grass and pure streams of water."- Emmons.
4 This stream forms the drainage of nearly all of the small lakes in Central N. Y. Large sums of money have been ex- pended in deepening its channel at Jacks Reefs, npon the w. border of the co., for the purpose of draining the extensivo marshes near the outlet of Cayuga Lake. The enterprise has been partially successful, and a large amount of valualde land bas been reclaimed.
5 The outlet of this lake is navigable; and a canal 7 mi. in length connects Wood Creek, one of its tributaries, with the Erie Canal at Higginsville.
" A low, semi-marshy piece of ground, about 2 mi. in length and 1 in width, extends southward from the head of this luke, and is bordered by steep bluffs 15 to 25 ft. high,-probably the ancient border of the lake. In and around this marsh the salt springs are found.
475
ONONDAGA COUNTY.
subsidence, as the faces of the cliffs are nearly perpendicular, and the surface of the rocks above is much cracked and broken.1
The co. scat is located at the eity of Syracuse. The courthouse, a beautiful structure, built of Onondaga limestone and elaborately finished, is situated on W. Genesce St., near the center of the city .? It is one of the finest buildings of the kind in the State.3 The Onondaga Penitentiary, a city and eo. prison and workhouse, is a commodious brick cdifiee, situated upon an cminenee a mi. N. E. of the courthouse. It contains apartments for a jail, and is also used for the imprisonment of criminals sentenced for short terms. Prisoners are reecived from Oswego and Madison cos. The clerk's office is a fireproof brick building, situated at the corner of Church and North Salina Sts. It contains rooms for the Surrogate and Supervisors. The poorhouse is located upon a farm of 34 acres on Onondaga Hill, 4 mi. s. w. of Syracusc. The average number of inmates is 200, supported at a weckly cost of $1.26 each. The building is commodious, but poorly ventilated. Little attention is paid to the improvement of the inmates ; and in accommodations, cleanliness, and attention to the sick and insane, the institution is not above the average of similar institutions in the State.
The Erie Canal extends E. and w. through near the center of the eo. The Oswego Canal cx- tends from the Erie at Syracuse, N. through Salina and Clay, to Lake Ontario at Oswego. The N. Y. Central R. R. extends through Manlius, De Witt, Syracuse, Geddes, Camillus, Van Buren, and Elbridge. From Syracuse two divisions of this R. R. extend westward to Rochester, one via Clyde and Lyons, called the New Road, and the other via Auburn and Geneva, called the Old Road. The Oswego & Syracuse R. R. extends from Syracuse N. through Geddes, Van Buren, and Ly- sander ; and the Syracuse, Binghamton & New York R. R. extends from Syracuse s. through Onon- daga, De Witt, La Fayette, Fabius, and Tully, uniting with the N. Y. & Erie R. R. at Binghamton. The Union R. R. is a short road extending from the N. terminus of the Binghamton road to the Erie Canal, in Geddes.
Fifteen newspapers arc publislied in the co. ; 3 daily, 10 weekly, 1 semi-monthly, and 1 monthly.4
1 These lakes are sometimes called "crater lakes." from their peculiar form, and sometimes " green lakes," from the color of their waters.
2 The first courts were held in barns and private residences at Onondaga, Levana, ou the shore of Cayuga Lake, Cayuga co., and Ovid, Seneca co. The first courthouse was erected at Onondaga Hill, iu 1805-06. The commissioners appointed to select the site for the courthouse were Asa Danforth, George Ballard, and Roswell Tousley. In 1829 an act was passed to remove the co. scat to the village of Syracuse, and John Siuith. Oren Ihutchinson, and Samuel Forman were commissioners to select the site. The courthouse was finally built on a lot about midway between the tben rival villages of Syracuse and Salina. It was destroyed by fire in 1856, and the present structure was erected soon after. The first co. officers were Seth Phelps, First Judge; Benj. Ledyard, Clerk ; John Harris, Sheriff; and Moses De Witt, Surrogate.
8 The library of the Court of Appeals is kept in the court- house.
4 The Derne Gazette, established at Manlius in 1806 by Abra- ham Romeyn, was the first paper published in the co. At that time an effort was made to change the name of the village from " Manlius" to "Derne." The paper was continued about 1 year.
The Herald of the Times was started at Manlins in 1808 by Leonard Kellogg. In 1813 its name was changed to
The Manlius Times. and it was successively issued by James Beardsley, Seneca Ilale, and Daniel Clark. October 28, 1×18, Mr. Clark changed its name to
The Onondaga flerald ; soon after it was changed to
The Times, and continued about 3 years. June 27, 1821, Thur- low Weed became editor, and the name was changed to The Onondaga County Republican. October 27, 1824, it passed into the hands of Laurin Dewey, who changed it to The Onendaga Republican. Soon after, Luman A. Miller became proprietor, and the name was changed to
The Manlius Repository. It afterward passed into the hands of L. Stilson, and was continued about 5 years,
The Onondaga Flag was published at Manlius a sbort time in 1831 by - Fonda.
The Lynx was started at Onondaga Hollow in 1811 by Thomas C. Fay, and was continued about 2 years. Thurlow Weed commenced his apprenticeship in this office.
The Onondaga Register was established at Onondaga Hollow in 1814 by Lewis Il. Redfield, and was continued until 1829, when it was removed to Syracuse and united with the Gazette, under the naine of
-The Onondaga Register and Syracuse Gazette. In 1832 it passed Into the hands of Sherman & Clark, who changed it to The Syracuse Argus, and continued it about 2 years,
The Onondaga Gazette was established at Onondaga Hill in 1816 by Evander Morse. Win. Hay. author of . The Horrors
of Slavery," was editor at one time. In 1821 it passed into the hands of Cephas S. McConnell, and was changed to
The Onondaga Journal. In 1827 Vivus W. Smith hecame proprie- tor. and in 1929 he removed it to Syracuse and united it with the Syracuse Advertiser,-the combined paper taking the name of
The Onondaga Standard, Sept. 10, 1829, published by Wyman & Smith. S. F., T. A., and A. L. Smith, W. L. Crandal, and Marcellus Farmer were subsequently in- terested in its publication at different times till 1848, when it passed into the hands of Agan & Summers. In 1856 Agan sold his interest to Wm. Summers; and tbe paper is now published by Summers & Brother.
The Syracuse Daily Standard was started in June, 1846, by Smith & Agan, and was continned 3 months. It was revived January 1, 1850, and is now published by Summers & Brotber.
The Onondaga Gazette was established at Syracuse in April, 1823, by Jobn Durnford, and was the first paper started at Syracuse. In about a year it was changed to
The Syracuse Gazette and General Advertiser, and continued until 1829, when it was united with the Onondaga Register.
The Syracuse Advertiser was started in 1825 by John F. Wy- man & Thos. B. Barnum; Norman Rawson was after- ward counected with it, but Johu F. Wyman soon as- sumed the entire control, and continued it till 1829, when it was united with the Journal and its name changed to the Standard.
The Salina Sentinel was started in October, 1826, in what is now the First Ward of Syracuse, by Reuben St. Jolin. In 1827 it was changed to
The Sulina Herald, and it was issued a short time by Josiah Bonce.
The Courier was published at Jordan a short time in 1831 by Fred. Prince. In 1832 it was removed to Salina and changed to
The Salina Courier and Enquirer, but was discontinued after a few numbers.
The Onondaga Republican was started at Syracuse in 1830 by W. S. Campbell. In 1834 it passed into the hands of J. B. Clark & Co., and its name was changed to
The Constitutionulist. In 1835 L. A. Miller became its proprie- tor, and changed it to
The Onondaga Chief. In 1837 it was sold to J. M. Patterson and published as
The Syracuse Whig. In 1838 .J. K. Barlow became proprietor, and continued it about 1 year.
The Syracuse American was started at Syracuse in 1835 by John Adams, and was continued about 1 year.
The American Patriot was started at Franklin Village (now
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ONONDAGA COUNTY.
This co. was the chief seat of the Onondaga Nation of Indians, the central of the Five Nations. Their name is said to signify " sons of the hills," or " men of the mountains." To this nation was intrusted the eare of the saered couneil fire; and upon their territory were held the great eouneils of the Iroquois, to deeide upon peace, war, and matters of general policy. The Onondagas were regarded as particularly a sacred nation ; and their chiefs were more influential than those of any other nation. The most authentic accounts of these Indians seem to indicate that they were origin- ally a subordinate tribe, living upon the St. Lawrence near Montreal, and were held in subjection by the Adirondacks, then the most powerful nation of the North. Several hundred years before the discovery of America, they rose upon their oppressors, but were defeated. They then fled, and,
Fabius) in 1836 by J. Tenney, and was continued for 3 | The Impartial Citizen, semi-mo., was started in 1848 by Samuel years.
The Western State Journal was started March 20, 1839, by V. W. & S. F. Smith. In 1844 its name was changed to
The Syracuse Weekly Journal. In 1847 it was published by Barnes, Smith & Cooper; and in 1849 it passed into the hands of V. W. Smith. In 1850 Seth Haight became proprietor, and George Terwilliger editor. In 1853 Danforth Merrick became proprietor, and in 1854 it passed into the hands of T. S. Truair, Andrew Shuman editor. In 1855 J. G. K. Truair, bought the establishment ; and Sept. 1, 1856, Anson G. Chester assumed the editorial charge. It is now published by J. G. K. Truair & Co., Rodney L. Adams, editor.
The Syracuse Daily Journal was established July 4, 1844, by S. F. Smith. It is now issued by J. G. K. Truair & Co., and edited by R. L. Adams and T. S. Truair.
The Empire State Democrat and United States Review was started in 1840 by Hiram Cummings, and continued about 3 years.
The Onondaga Messenger was started in 1841 by Joseph Barber. In 1842 it was changed to
The Syracusean, and was continued about 1 year.
The Morning Sentinel (first daily paper in Syracuse) was started in .Jan. 1843, by N. M. D. Lathrop, and was continued about 1 year, when it was changed to
The Onondaga Sentinel, aud issued weekly, with a few intervals, until 1850.
The Democratic Freeman was started in 1844 by J. N. T. Tucker, continued a short time thereafter by James Kinney as publisher aud J. N. T. Tucker as editor, when it was changed to
The Syracuse Star. In 1846 it was published by Kinney, Marslı & Barnes; iu 1847-48 by Kinney & Marsh; in 1849- 50-51 by Kinney & Masters. It soon after passed into the hands of Gco. F. Comstock, publisher, and Winslow M. Watson, editor. Iu 1852 S. Corning Judd became editor and proprietor. In October, 1853, it passed iuto the hands of Edward Iloogland, wbo changed it to
The Syracuse Republican and continued it about 1 year.
The Syracuse Daily Star was established in 1846, and issued with the Weekly Star until 1853, when it was changed to The Syracuse Daily Republican, and discontinued in about 1 year.
The Bugle Blast, a campaign paper, was published 3 months in 1844 by S. F. Smithi.
Young Hickory, another campaign paper, was issued about the same time by Smith & Farmer.
The Religious Recorder (Presb.) was started in May, 1844, by Terry & Platt. In 1847 it passed into the bands of Avery & Hulin, who continued it until 1853.
The Liberty Intelligencer was started in 1845 by Silas Hawley, and was continued about 1 year.
The Young Ladies' Miscellany was started Nov. 7, 1845, by a committee of young ladies belonging to the Syracuse Female Seminary, and was continued 12 weeks.
The Teachers' Advocate was commenced in 1846 by L. W. Hall, publisher, and Edward Cooper editor. In 1847 it passed into the hands of Barnes, Smith & Cooper, aud was continued about 1 year, when it was sold to Joseph Mckean and removed to New York.
The Onondaga Democrat was started in the spring of 1846 by Clark & West; Wm. L. Crandal, editor. In 1847 it was sold to John Abbott, who changed it to
The Syracuse Democrat. At the end of 1 year it was sold to Wm. W. Green, and in 1847 to Agan & Summers and merged in the Onondaga Standard.
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