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Post by WestmoGuy on Apr 20, 2010 12:02:04 GMT -5
John, where you getting those maps from. I'm very curious of the streets that are now where the NS Arterial Oriskany Street West exits are now.
There was a few there between Old Oriskany Circle and the RR tracks.
EDIT: I looked through a ton of those old plates and havent found the right one yet. I did happen to find a bunch of streets North of the Railroad tracks too between where the Arterial Bridge is now and Potter Street.
Wasnt there some kind of "slums" too where they build the Auditorium? Remember my grampa telling me about something being there.
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Post by jon hynes on Apr 20, 2010 13:26:26 GMT -5
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Post by dgriffin on Apr 20, 2010 15:00:03 GMT -5
WestMo, this is from the 1874 Beer's Map of Utica, showing the intersection of the Chenango and Erie Canals. Beers made quite a living from drawing "directory" style maps and city maps in the latter half of the 19th century. I have the Beers Atlas of Ulster County where I live, and it denotes where each house was placed at the time. In his map of my town and village, the names are printed over each house. Click to enlarge. www.windsweptpress.com/images/canal area.jpg[/img]
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Post by WestmoGuy on Apr 20, 2010 15:19:43 GMT -5
Thanks Dave!!! ;D
St. Joseph Street and Breeze Street. Thats what they were. It was gonna drive me nuts till I figured them out.
They both disappeared when they did the MUD project in the late 80's. Thanks for that.
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Post by dgriffin on Apr 20, 2010 15:55:18 GMT -5
You're welcome. That was Breese St., with an s. The Breese family were big in the Bleecker St. Baptist Church of which Jon has posted photos. I think Mr. Breese was an admiral or something like that. I remember when I first saw it, I thought it was Bresee, another old name in New York State, although the only place I've seen it still in existence is in Oneonta.
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Post by WestmoGuy on Apr 20, 2010 18:36:06 GMT -5
Didnt realize there were 3 old cemeteries there too. Wonder what became of them and the occupants.
I miss old Utica. I'm too young to miss it really but love hearing stories and seeing picts of old Utica.
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Post by dgriffin on Apr 20, 2010 18:59:15 GMT -5
I know what you mean. As a kid growing up on Cornhill (most of the time), I had the typical centric view of the city emanating out from there. But over to the west out Court and Whitesboro Streets was the center of population many years ago. I'm not enough of a historian to know, really, but I've always imagined if I went back to the very early 1800's that section of the city would have contained the earliest population.
I found a enlarging and reducing Copy machine some years ago and made an transparency copy of our town highway map (I've lived in Saugerties the past 35 years) to slide over the 1880 Beers Map of the town. You can see where the roads USED to go and how modern road engineering changed that, cutting through hills, etc. (Old roads were winding because they took the easiest path for the horses ... and themselves.) You can also see little settlements that are now gone, but would be of interest to people who look for old bottles and whatnot. I'm thinking of starting a thread on old roads in the history board of the new forum. Have you read any of Eric Sloane's books in which he illustrates everyday life of the 1800's? He was quite an artist/illustrator.
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Post by fiona on Apr 22, 2010 21:20:37 GMT -5
Dave and Jon: I am sending you some info from OCHS about Post Street. Hopefully, you can post it. haha. You should have it in a few days.
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Post by jon hynes on Jun 17, 2010 22:07:52 GMT -5
NOBEL HOPKINS - 1875
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Post by barbierose86 on Aug 27, 2015 23:55:43 GMT -5
Hello everyone I have found myself doing research about John O'Hanlon, and I found alot here which I am most grateful for!! But I was curious if there is more? Or anymore links, perhaps a photo? Also does anyone know of the history about the house on middle settlement road by Lowes in new Hartford? I am new to this site, so I apologize if there is already another list about this. Thank you in advance! -Barbie
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2015 9:54:46 GMT -5
Hello everyone I have found myself doing research about John O'Hanlon, and I found alot here which I am most grateful for!! But I was curious if there is more? Or anymore links, perhaps a photo? Also does anyone know of the history about the house on middle settlement road by Lowes in new Hartford? I am new to this site, so I apologize if there is already another list about this. Thank you in advance! -Barbie You can start here: ongeneseehill.blogspot.com/Dave has a wealth of information on his sites. If you find any thread by Dave click on his name and you will get his web pages. And welcome. alanquigly
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Post by barbierose86 on Aug 28, 2015 21:07:48 GMT -5
Hey! Thank you very much for the information!! It is greatly appreciated!
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