The History of Auburn [New York]

xvi, 579 pp. Includes: The Cayugas; The Settlement of Auburn; Annals of the Village from 1815 to 1837; The Panic, the Revival of Enterprise, Etc.; The Auburn Prison; The Theological Seminary; The War Record; The City of Auburn, 1868; Civil LIst of Auburn and Cayuga County; Biographies of Citizens of Auburn. Auburn, city, seat (1805) of Cayuga county, west-central New York, U.S. It lies at the north end of Owasco Lake, in the Finger Lakes region, 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Syracuse. Founded in 1793 by John Hardenbergh, an officer in the American Revolution, on the site of a Cayuga Indian village called Wasco, it was first known as Hardenbergh's Corners. It developed around Auburn State Prison (established 1816) and Auburn Theological Seminary (founded 1821; merged 1939 with Union Theological Seminary, New York City). Industry was attracted by abundant waterpower and what was then the practice of using cheap prison labour. Manufactures now include steel, diesel engines, wire, glass bottles, jet aircraft spark plugs, air conditioners, and auto parts. - Britannica