Warners in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Syracuse Area

Historic New York

Photographed by Yugoboy, June 26, 2012

1. Syracuse Area Marker

Inscription. 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 Le Moyne 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 and ushered in an area of prosperity and expansion after 1825. Railroads and highways followed the east-west water level route and stimulated industrial growth.

Situated on the edge of the fruitful lake plain beside Onondaga Lake, Syracuse is near the geographical center of New York State. Serving a wide area, her industries which began with the salt works have been many and varied: chinaware, alloy steel, automobiles and automotive gears, air-conditioning and typewriters, chemicals and electronics -- these reflected the industrial growth of America. The first New York State Fair was held in 1841 in Syracuse where it has been an annual event since 1890.

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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Erie Canal, and the Historic New York State series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1654.

Location. 43° 5.526′ N, 76° 19.137′ W. Marker is in Warners, New York, in Onondaga County. It can be reached from NYS Thruway - Warners Rest Area. Each rest area on the NYS Thruway has one of these Historic New York plaques. They generally cannot be seen from the Thruway, but if you park, you'll be able to read the text. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2660 Brickyard Rd, Warners NY 13164, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Warners HS (approx. 0.6 miles away); Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Paddock Mill (approx. 2.8 miles away); 9 Mile Creek Aqueduct (approx. 2.8 miles away); Amboy Airport (approx. 2.9 miles away); Old Erie Canal (approx. 3 miles away); Camillus Cutlery (approx. 3.7 miles away); Early Church (approx. 3.7 miles away).

Warners Rest Area access road facing west image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, June 26, 2012

2. Warners Rest Area access road facing west

Warners Rest Area access road facing east image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy

3. Warners Rest Area access road facing east

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,013 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.