Editing Syracuse, Kansas (section)

==History==
Syracuse began its existence as a stop on the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. The site was originally called '''Holidayburg''' or '''Holliday''' in honor of [[Cyrus K. Holliday]], first President of the ATSF railway. In 1873 a group of settlers from [[Syracuse, New York]] arrived and the site was renamed to Syracuse.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n308 201]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5064 | title=Profile for Syracuse, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=11 June 2014 | archive-date=1 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101091335/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5064 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1886, Syracuse was recognized as the county seat of Hamilton County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/kan/hamilton/history1.html|title=County Overview and History in Hamilton County, KS}}</ref> Syracuse secured its place in American history on April 5, 1887 by electing an all-woman city council, the first in the nation. The council consisted of Mrs. N. E. Wheeler (mayor), Caroline Johnson Barber, Mrs. W. A. Swartwood, Mrs. S. P. Nott, Mrs. Charles Coe, and Mrs. G. C. Riggles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/hamilton-county-kansas/15293|title=Hamilton County, Kansas - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abandonedkansas.wordpress.com/2020/11/25/clarissa-nichols-minnie-d-morgan-mary-d-lowman/|title=Clarissa Nichols, Susanna Salter, N.E. Wheeler, Minnie D. Morgan, Mary D. Lowman|date=25 November 2020}}</ref>

By 1912, Syracuse was home to more than a thousand souls, two banks, a hotel belonging to the [[Fred Harvey Company]], a flour mill, several machine shops, two weekly newspapers ('''Syracuse Journal''' and the '''Republican-News'''), four churches, a county high school with 10 teachers, a telegraph and express office, and an international money order post office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1912/s/syracuse.html|title = Syracuse - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Syracuse Journal |url=https://thesyracusejournal.com/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=The Syracuse Journal |language=en}}</ref>