100 Years of Syracuse History

100 Years of Syracuse History (HM19J4)

Location: Syracuse, NE 68446 Otoe County
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N 40° 39.415', W 96° 11.171'

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This mural celebrates
100 Years
Time proceeds from top to bottom
Past is dim so colors are more soft and grows intens[e] at the bottom Today
The seasons are from left to right

Restored 1993 + 2011
Mural 12' high 60' long

[Mural Guide]
Old street scene · Modern farms - the good life · Athletic field · Covered Wagons · Old cars · Modern cars + trucks · Snowmobiles new recreation day or night · Blizzards - we've had many, the worst was 1888 · Ice skating on Doc's pond. They cut ice here to store for summer. Sleigh now for fun · Christmas scene when we get all lit up, even the water tower · Racetrack - harness racing was popular in the 1890's. At one time 150 horses were boarded here · County fair started in 1873 and still goes on · Good Samaritan Home built in 1967 · Stagecoaches, old way to go · Firehouse - built in 1895. Men not horses drove engines · Church steeples symbol of all churches · Modern homes · Alexander House, built in 1880's, at 4th and Poplar · Junior High School, built in 1942 · Senior High School buildt [sic] in 1965 · Old Mill - built in 1868 on the Nemaha, Ideal for playing hooky · Grasshopper plague 1873 was worst year · Airplane - new transportation · Swimming pool built 1961 · Depot and trains were then a busy place · Gazebo in former park - new site of Luther Memorial Church · Golf course - dedicated 1967 · Combines - farm machinery making farming big business · Indians - Otoes gone, our county it's name · Wagon trains - in 1865 7365 wagons of freight passed through · Hospital built - 1951 community project · First location of Syracuse S.W. of town, famous for it's lilacs · In memory + gratitude · Dark shadow - Tornado · Electric power brought new way of life · contour farming to control flood + erosion · Sodbusters, it took two, he broke the sod she planted seed · Old farm house · Soil conservation like money in the bank also provides recreation · Fire 1997 + 1996 · Old school house 1890-1941, little house in front for overshoes · Flood, when the Little Nemaha went wild - 1950 · Modern street scene

[List of] Original Artist [and those for] 1993 Restore
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HM NumberHM19J4
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Placed ByThe People of Syracuse
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 2:15pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14T E 737883 N 4504480
Decimal Degrees40.65691667, -96.18618333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 39.415', W 96° 11.171'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 39' 24.90" N, 96° 11' 10.26" W
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Area Code(s)402
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 446-498 Midland St, Syracuse NE 68446, US
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