Did You Know?
Facts about Onondaga County
• ….in the mid-1800’s
Syracuse’s second leading industry was cigar production?
• … in 1959, Syracuse’s Bristol Laboratories, a division
of Bristol Meyers manufactured the first synthetic penicillin?
• … President Grover Cleveland lived just outside of Syracuse,
in Fayetteville, and used to take dips in Limestone Creek near his
house?
• … the Literacy Volunteers of America was found in Syracuse
in 1962, and has helped thousands worldwide learn to read?
• … Syracuse is the host to The New York State Fair, the
longest running state fair in the country?
• … the first ferris wheel built in the U.S. was constructed
in Syracuse in 1848? It was a four-car ride, capable of holding
20 passengers, and was rotated by hand?
• … the country’s first drive-in bank window appeared
in Syracuse?
• … Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz, was from just
outside Syracuse in Chittenango, which boasts a yellow brick walkway
and yearly parade commemorating the story?
• … the Brannock Device, the funny-looking foot measure
for determining shoe size, was invented by Charles F. Brannock,
a Syracusan?
• … a Syracuse native, Milton Waldo Manchett invented
the dental chair?
• … Syracuse boasts the only upside-down traffic light
in the country? It’s located on Tipperary Hill, traditionally
known as the Irish section of the city – and the residents
there are proud to have the green on top.
• … the world’s first "loafer" was patented
by Syracuse’s Nettleton Shoe Co. in 1933?
• … at one time there were over 50 breweries in the Greater
Syracuse Area?
• … Syracuse is ranked the 7th best place to live in all
the United States?
• … the Carrier Dome of Syracuse University is the only
domed stadium in the Northeast and the largest structure of its
kind on a college campus? |
