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UTICA , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Oneida county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the See also:Mohawk See also:river, about 45 M. E. of See also:Syracuse and about 85 M. W. of See also:Albany. Pop. (189o) 44,007; (1900) 56,383, of whom 13,470 were See also:foreign-See also:born, including 3696 Germans, 2458 Irish, 1661 Italians and 1165 Welsh; (1910, See also:census) 74,419. Utica is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River and several lines leased by it, including the See also:Rome, See also:Watertown & See also:Ogdensburg; the See also:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; the New York, See also:Ontario & Western; and the See also:West See also:Shore See also:railways; by the See also:Erie See also:Canal, and by interurban electric railways. The city is situated on ground rising gradually from the river. There are many See also:fine business and public buildings, especially on Genesee See also:Street, the 'See also:principal thorough-fare, and Utica is known for the number of its institutions, public and private. Those of an educational See also:character include, in addition to the public See also:schools and the Utica See also:Free See also:Academy, the New School (for girls) and the Utica See also:Catholic Academy. Among the See also:libraries are included the Public Library (1893) with 54,E volumes in 1909, the library of the Oneida See also:Historical Society (which occupies the Munson-See also:Williams Memorial See also:Building), the Utica See also:Law Library and the Deutscher Leserverein. The city is the seat of a See also:State See also:Hospital for the Insane (1843). Among its many charitable institutions are a Masonic See also:Home and School (1893), a Home for the Homeless (1867), St See also:Elizabeth's Home (1886), St See also:Luke's Home (1869), a Home for Aged Men and Couples (1879), Utica See also:Orphan See also:Asylum (1830), St See also:Joseph's See also:Infant Home (1893) and St See also:John's See also:Female Orphan Asylum (1834), both under the Sisters of Charity; the See also:House of the See also:Good Shepherd (1872; See also:Protestant Episcopal); and the See also:General (1873: City of Utica), Homeopathic (1895), St Luke's (1869; supported by the Protestant Episcopal Churches), St Elizabeth's (1866;-Sisters of the Third See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order of St See also:Francis) and Faxton (1873) hospitals. Among the public buildings are a Federal building,the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the County See also:Court House, a Y.M.C.A. building, a Masonic See also:Temple, an See also:Odd-See also:Fellows' Temple and a State Armoury and See also:Arsenal. The city has a number of fine parks. In See also:Forest See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill See also:Cemetery are the See also:graves of Horatio See also:Seymour and See also:Roscoe See also:Conkling. On West See also:Canada See also:creek, about 15 M. N. of Utica, are Trenton Falls, which descend 312 ft. in 2 m., through a See also:sand-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone chasm, in a See also:series of cataracts, some of them having an 8o ft. fall. From the See also:geological formation here the name Trenton is applied to the upper series of the Ordovician (or See also:Lower See also:Silurian) See also:system, and, particularly, to the lowest See also:stage of this series.
Utica has varied and extensive manufactures. In 1905 the See also:capital invested in manufacturing See also:industries was $21,184,033, and the See also:total value of the factory products was $22,880,317, an increase of 38.8% since 1900. Of this product, See also:hosiery and knit goods, with a total value of $5,261,166, comprised 23% of all, and. See also:cotton goods ($4,287,658), 18.7%. The hosiery and knit goods constituted 3.9% of the total value of that product of the entire See also:country. Other important products were: men's clothing ($2,943,214); foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products ($1,607,258); See also:steam fittings and See also:heating apparatus ($1,010,755); See also:malt liquors ($933,278); and See also:lumber products ($869,000). Among the other manufactures are See also:food preparations, wooden See also:ware, wagons and carriages, stoves and furnaces, boots and shoes, See also:tobacco and cigars, See also:flour, candy, gloves, bricks, See also:tile and pottery, See also:furniture, See also:paper boxes and firearms. Utica is a See also:shipping point for the products of a fertile agricultural region, from which are exported See also:dairy products (especially See also:cheese), nursery products, See also:flowers (especially See also:roses), small fruits and vegetables, See also:honey and hops.
The territory on which Utica was built was See also:part of the 22,000-See also:acre See also:tract granted in 1734 by See also:George II. to See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Cosby (c. 1695-1736), colonial See also:governor of New York in 1732-36, and to his associates, and it was known as Cosby's See also:Manor. During the Seven Years' See also:War a palisaded fort was erected on the See also:south See also:bank of the Mohawk at the See also:ford where Utica later sprung up. It was named Fort See also:Schuyler, in See also:honour of See also:Colonel See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Schuyler, an See also:uncle of General See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip Schuyler. A fort subsequently built at Rome also was at first called Fort Schuyler (and afterwards Fort Stanwix), and the fort at Utica was then distinguished from it by the prefix " old " and it was as " Old Fort Schuyler " that Utica was first known. The most used See also:trade route to the western country crossed the Mohawk here. In See also:default of See also:payment of arrears of See also:rent Cosby's Manor was sold at See also:sheriff's See also:sale in 1792 and was bid in by General Philip Schuyler, General John Bradstreet, John See also:Morin See also:Scott and others for £1387, or about 15 cents an acre. Soon after the See also:close of the War of See also:Independence a See also:settlement was begun, most of the newcomers being See also:Palatine Germans from the lower Mohawk. In 1786 the proprietors had the manor surveyed. An See also:inn was erected in 1788, and new settlers, largely New Englanders, began to arrive. Among these, in 1789, was Peter See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (1768-1837), later a partner of John See also:Jacob See also:Astor, and See also:father of Gerrit Smith, who was born here in 1797. In 1792 a See also:bridge was built across the Mohawk. In 1797 Oneida county was established, and the See also:village was incorporated under the name of Utica. The first newspaper, the See also:Gazette, began publication in the same See also:year, and the first See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, Trinity (Protestant Episcopal), was built. The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, added to Utica's prosperity. Utica was chartered as a city in 1832. -
See Pomroy See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, See also:Annals and Recollections of Oneida County (Rome, N.Y., 1851) ; M. M. Bagg, Pioneers of Utica (Utica, 1877) ; Outline See also:History of Utica and Vicinity (Utica, 1900) ; and the publications of the Oneida Historical Society (Utica, 1881 sqq.).
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