Salt City (1852); Flour City (1852)

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SALT CITY

   Yesterday's NEW YORK POST, Travel section, pg. 46, has "A pinch of Salt
City."  I had written about the Syracuse "salt potato" (see DARE).


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
National Era (1847-1860), Washington; Aug 19, 1852; Vol. VOL. VI., Iss. 0
Letter 3 -- No Title; F. G. S.; pg. 136, 1 pgs
("We arrived at Syracuse about sundown, on a Saturday evening, and remained
over Sunday.  It would be hard to decide whether Syracuse best deserves the
title of the Salt city, or the Hotel city.")

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FLOUR CITY

   The DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS has 1859 for "Flour City," Rochester.


(MAKING OF AMERICA, MICHIGAN-BOOKS)
Author: Curtiss, Daniel S.
Title: Western portraiture, and emigrants' guide: a description of Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Iowa; with remarks on Minnesota, and other territories. By
Daniel S. Curtiss.
Publication date: 1852.
Search results: 2 matches in full text
<A HREF="http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;sid=0358bba6b40565acb5160eaa36d4d3d0;q1=flour%20city;rgn=full%20text;idno=AJA3436.0001.001;view=image;seq=0028">Page xxviii</A>  - 1 term matching "flour city"
<A HREF="http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;sid=0358bba6b40565acb5160eaa36d4d3d0;q1=flour%20city;rgn=full%20text;idno=AJA3436.0001.001;view=image;seq=0043">Page 43</A>  - 1 term matching "flour city"
   ("From the large amount of excellent flour that is manufactured at
Rochester, N. Y., that place is called the 'Flour City;'...")