Corona's Impact On A Community
In Pictures: Utica, N.Y.
Utica's History
Looking north towards the corner of Genesee and Bleecker streets, c. 1900–1915. Streetcars can be seen crossing a bridge over the Erie Canal. (Photo by Detroit Publishing Company)
-"The tenth-most-populous city in New York, its population was 62,235 in the 2010 U.S. census. Located on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains." (Wikipedia)
- The Half-Moon cookie was invented in Utica by Harry Hemstraught in 1920.
- Known for chicken riggies, tomato pie and greens.
-"During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city's infrastructure contributed to its success as a manufacturing center and defined its role as a worldwide hub for the textile industry. Utica's 20th-century political corruption and organized crime gave it the nicknames “Sin City”, and later, “the city that God forgot." (barrypopik)
"Utica was first settled by Europeans in 1773 on the site of Forth Schuyler, which was built in 1758" (wibx950)
-Utica Club was the first beer officially, legally sold in the U.S. after prohibition ended and is still being brewed today.
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