MYSTIC VALLEY RAILWAY SOCIETY    

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Friday, June 1 - Monday, June 4, 2012

Syracuse: a city worth its salt! Hiawatha chose the site as capital of the Iroquois Confederacy in 1570 because of its brine springs. A mid-17th century French Jesuit fort lasted only two years. After the founding of modern Syracuse in 1805, the city supplied the bulk of the nation’s salt for many years. The canal system was fundamental to the city’s growth, then as diversified manufacturing gradually replaced salt production the city became the “Crossroads of New York State.”

Features:

	700 miles on Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited
	3 nights hotel accommodation in Syracuse NY
	Comfortable motor coach travel in upstate New York
	Dinner cruise on the Erie Canal
	Sim’s historic Canal Store
	The restored 1844 Nine Mile Creek aqueduct
	Steam engine from the L.C. Smith Typewriter Co. of Syracuse
	The Salt Museum
	Sainte Marie of the Iroquois
	… plus lots more

Fares:

A complete day-to-day itinerary for Syracuse and the Erie Canal, including fare details, will be available January 1, 2012. To receive a copy, please send a #10 self-addressed envelope to MVRS Syracuse, P.O. Box 365486, Hyde Park MA 02136-0009. Sponsored by the Mystic Valley Railway Society, Inc.

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