City Directory

[Dave]

This may give a good idea of where the popular centers were around the Utica area in 1867. From the 1867 Utica City Directory, on line at:

www.distantcousin.com/Directories/NY/Utica/1867-8/

[Dave]

Same source, these are city officers. There's my great grandfather listed as Overseer of the Poor. He later was the IRS representative for the city of Utica! He and his brother ran a successful cigar and tobacco manufacturing business on Bleecker St.

[Dave]

It takes a bit of playing around to learn to use it, but what a tremendous amount of data is contained in the 1883 Map of Utica at:

digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1070557&imageID=1584695&total=21&num=0&parent_id=1070432&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&imgs=20&pos=2&snum=&e=r

Here's just a sampling of the things you'll find:


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[Dave]

Here's another great resource for historical maps. This is an example of a Beer's Map that is online at:

www. historicmaps.com


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Shown is the area in Utica, NY where the Erie and Chenango Canals met. The map is from 1874.

[fiona]

These maps are true works of art. Thank you.

[westmoguy]

The West Shore RR.

Remember walking those tracks when I was younger after they were torn up. Me and my grampa used to grab the year date nails out of the center of the ties. Think I've got some still somewhere.

[dave]

Me, too. I feel like writing an impression of sorts. So I'm going to put it in the Offerings board. Just as an example of what we're trying to encourage ... the sharing of feelings, thoughts, impressions.

[dicknaegele]

Dave, did the west shore tracks used to pass across West St in the 1500 block? I lived next door to a vacant lot on the 1500 block of West St in the early 70's and there was a wide path of coal cinders that looked like the remains of a rail bed.

[Dave]

Yes, you can still see the line of the old right-of-way in this sat photo from google maps.
Dave

[fiona]

That map is simply amazing. And beautiful in it's own way.