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Think you know all there is to know about Oneida Lake?
Well, here's another short brain teaser to test your knowledge of the Lake's history.
Good luck, and have fun!
by Jack Henke
1. Which major Oneida Lake tributary was named for a prominent 19th century landowner? Erie Canal Scriba Creek Canaseraga Creek Fish Creek 2. Cleveland factories were most famous for making what product in the latter 19th century? Glass Log cabins Horse saddles Trawler nets 3. Who donated the land on which Sylvan Beach's Union Chapel is built? Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Bartholomew Union Horace T. Sylvania James D. Spencer 4. Name the physician who once operated a sanitarium at Sylvan Beach. Dr. Sigmund Freud Dr. Martin Cavanaugh Dr. Lucille LaPlace Dr. Heinrich Schizo 5. What Iroquois Native American tribes fished the west and east ends of Oneida Lake, respectively? The Onondagas and the Oneidas The Oneidas and the Eries The Eries and the Mohawks The Mohawks and the Onondagas 6. What building in Cleveland was designed by the famous architect Richard Upjohn? Cleveland Glass Works King George Country Inn St. James Episcopal Church Fort Constantia 7. What famous New Yorker built a home, called "Kempwyk," just west of Cleveland in the 1790's? George Scriba Thomas Billington Friar Jonathan "Tug" Hill Francis Adrian Van Der Kemp 8. What was the former name given to the tip of Long Point? Three Mile Point Peck's Point Frenchman's Point Wottsda Point 9. What Constantia native served in the United States House of Representatives from 1874 until 1878? Patrick Henry Zebulon Bush Spiro T. Agnew James H. Baker 10. What was Sylvan Beach's "Carnival Park" called in the latter 20th century? The "Midway" East End Amusement Park The "Steel Pier" It's still called "Carnival Park"
Erie Canal Scriba Creek Canaseraga Creek Fish Creek
2. Cleveland factories were most famous for making what product in the latter 19th century?
Glass Log cabins Horse saddles Trawler nets
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Bartholomew Union Horace T. Sylvania James D. Spencer
Dr. Sigmund Freud Dr. Martin Cavanaugh Dr. Lucille LaPlace Dr. Heinrich Schizo
The Onondagas and the Oneidas The Oneidas and the Eries The Eries and the Mohawks The Mohawks and the Onondagas
Cleveland Glass Works King George Country Inn St. James Episcopal Church Fort Constantia
7. What famous New Yorker built a home, called "Kempwyk," just west of Cleveland in the 1790's?
George Scriba Thomas Billington Friar Jonathan "Tug" Hill Francis Adrian Van Der Kemp
Three Mile Point Peck's Point Frenchman's Point Wottsda Point
Patrick Henry Zebulon Bush Spiro T. Agnew James H. Baker
The "Midway" East End Amusement Park The "Steel Pier" It's still called "Carnival Park"