Historic New York
Onondaga Indians, the keepers of the council fires for the Iroquois League, lived here. French soldiers and Jesuit missionaries came from Canada in 1654 to seek their friendship. In that year, Father Simon LeMoyne discovered salt springs in the area. Salt works were set up in 1788, soon after the first permanent settlement. Salt manufacturing flourished until the 1860's. For many years the tax on salt supplied the State's chief revenue. This industry gave the name Salina to the original site of Syracuse. The Erie Canal and the Oswego Canal, connecting the Erie at Syracuse with Lake Ontario, ushered in an era of prosperity and expansion after 1825. Railroads and highways followed the east-west water level route and stimulated industrial growth.| HM Number | HM185X |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Erie Canal series, and the New York: Historic New York series. |
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| Year Placed | 1963 |
| Placed By | State Education Department |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 1:24am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 410375 N 4771534 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.09123333, -76.10120000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 5.474', W 76° 6.072' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 5' 28.44" N, 76° 6' 4.32" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 315 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 4500-4598 Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, Syracuse NY 13211, US |
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