The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 July 1987 — Page 30

Syracuse incorporated in 1876

By JACK ELAM Although Syracuse was platted Aug. 11,1837, it was 39 years later before it was incorporated. In the 1870 s the village of Syracuse began to grow by leaps and bounds. Suffering from growing pains, it was evident that a form of town government needed to be established. v The need for incorporation was being voiced around Syracuse as early as the spring and summer of 1875. Finally, in September 1876, a petition drawn up by Edwin Forrest Holloway, and signed by numerous citizens of Syracuse, was presented to the county commissioners. The request for incorporation of Syracuse was decided by the polls. An election was held two weeks later, with a majority of the voters favoring incorporation. The County Commissioners of Kosciusko County declared the town of Syracuse officially incorporated Oct. 19.1876. The first town board consisted of Amos King, Addison Green, and Evan Miles. Miles was also selected by. his peers as the first chairman of the Syracuse Town Board. His son-in-law, Edwin Forrest Holloway, who prepared the incorporation petition, was Fishing derby July 3-11 at Syracuse The Syracuse Sesquicentennial Committee is sponsoring a fishing derby July 3-11, during the town's 150th birthday celebration. The derby will begin at 6 a m. Friday, July 3, and end at 2 pm. Saturday, July 11. There is an entry fee. A drawing for all valid ticket holders will be held at Fish 'N Fun Resort at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 11, with the winner receiving a fishing boat. You need not be present to win and no fishing is required to be in the drawing. The winner of the boat will be responsible for all taxes and fees. Fishing Derby The fishing derby will have five categories, bass, pike, crappie, blue gill, and perch. The rules for the derby include all fish must be fresh and caught on Syracuse Lake or Lake Wawasqp. Check-in of the fish will be at Fish ’N Fun Resort on Syracuse Lake, daily from6a.m. until 7:30p.m. and all fish caught on July 11 must be checked in by 2 p.m. Winners in each category will receive SIOO for first place, SSO for second place and $25 for third place. All prizes are guaranteed and contestants are eligible for one prize per category. The winners will be determined by the weight of a single fish with the length of the fish being the tie breaker. Any tampering of fish will automatically disqualify the contestant and in the case of a tie, prize money will be divided equally. No one under 16 years of age may enter the derby unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Those persons checking in the fish must have a valid ticket and number present and all entrants must take in their own fish for weigh-ins.

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elected and served as the first town clerk. Living in Syracuse after the Civil War was far from being complex. A decision as to what church one should attend was no problem, with only one house of worship in existence. Bussing students from one school to another also posed no problem, with only one school Offered in the area. The citizens of Syracuse looked forward to family get-togethers, such as picnics and reunions. One elderly women is quoted as saying that “attending funerals was about the only recreation she had."” For 30 years the town government and citizens couldn’t decide whether livestock, such as ■’chickens, horses, pigs, and cows.

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should wander the streets of Syracuse. No one worrieckabout the electric bill, as they “lit” the kerosene lamps each evening. Potholes in the streets were unheard of since none of the streets were paved and the mode of transportation was usually not more than two-horsepower. An article in The Syracuse Journal, written by George W. Miles, June 4, 1908, sums up life in Syracuse before the turn of the century. “We had less then but we needed less. We lived simply and there were no graduations in our society of wealth. Everybody was a friend to everybody; the people of the village were like members of a single family, each one willing to share the burdens of his brother.”

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