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Title: Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
Subjects: Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Biography
Publisher: (Boston) : The Boston History Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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mber 39 to the low water line on the southerly shore of Onondaga Lake. The building of the great works of the Solvay Process Company alittle west of Geddes village in 1881-2, and their immense extensionsince that time, attracted around them an army of employees, many ofwhom desired to live nearer their labor. Dwellings began to be built,groceries and shops were opened and the nucleus of a village soonarose, in all of which the company evinced a deep and liberal interest.So rapidly grew the settlement that in 1893 measures were adopted forincorporation, which plan \vas carried out and the first village electionheld May 15, 1894. Frederick R. Hazard was chosen president and isstill in the office. The other first officers were William B. Boyd, Will-iam. Cross, James Matthews, trustees; M. C. Darrow, collector; C. O.Richards, treasurer and secretary. Solvay Union School embraces Districts 2 and 3, and a small part ofDistrict No. 1 is in the village. There are three school buildings in the
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THE ONONDAGA INDIANS. 1049 CHAPTER XLVIII.THE ONONDAGA INDIANS AND THEIR RESERVATION.! The original Reservation of the Onondagas, as defined by a treatymade at Fort Stanwix on September 12, 1788, embraced parts of thetowns of La Fayette, CamiHus, Geddes, and the city of Syracuse, andall of Onondaga. A second treaty signed November 18, 1793, cededto the State the most of the town of Onondaga and all north thereof,leaving to the Indians not only their present Reservation and tracts onthe east and south, but a narrow strip of land on the west bank of On-ondaga Creek extending southward from or nearly from the city limits.This strip was divided near the center by Websters mile square, lyingimmediately southwest of Onondaga Hollow, and was purchased by theState by treaty dated July 28, 1795. On February 25, 1817, the Reser-vation was again reduced, the State purchasing twenty-seven lots, orabout 4,000 acres, on the east side thereof, now included in the townsof La Fayette and Onondaga. At

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