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Delphi Falls (waterfall)
Delphi Falls is a two-tiered waterfall located in the Delphi Falls Park on the East Branch of Limestone Creek (Chittenango Creek tributary), Limestone Creek southeast of Delphi Falls, New York, Delphi Falls and west-southwest of Union (hamlet), New York, Union. The lower falls are tall, while the upper are . In 2018 the land, which had been privately owned and closed to the public for around fifty years, was purchased with contributions from a retired professor at Syracuse University who lived in Manlius, New York, (contribution of $750,000) and the Madison County, New York, Madison County government(contribution of $150,000). Delphi Falls County Park was developed and opened in August 2018. In 2018 Madison County was awarded a $500,000 grant for park improvements. The park was closed for a week in July 2020 after repeated violations of park rules. It is often used for wedding photographs, drone filmography, or picnicking. In July 2022 a two-phase program of improvements was ann ...
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Delphi Falls In Spring 2020
Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle had origins in prehistory and it became international in character and also fostered sentiments of Greek nationality, even though the nation of Greece was centuries away from realization. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to be in Delphi, marked by the stone monument known as the omphalos (navel). The sacred precinct of Ge or Gaia was in the region of Phocis, but its management had been taken away from the Phocians, who were trying to extort money from its visitors, and had been placed in the hands of an amphictyony, or committee of persons chosen mainly from Central Greece. According to the Suda, Delphi took its name from the Delphyne, the she-serpent ('' drakaina'') who lived there and was killed by the god Apollo ...
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Delphi Falls In Winter
Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle had origins in prehistory and it became international in character and also fostered sentiments of Greek nationality, even though the nation of Greece was centuries away from realization. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to be in Delphi, marked by the stone monument known as the omphalos (navel). The sacred precinct of Ge or Gaia was in the region of Phocis, but its management had been taken away from the Phocians, who were trying to extort money from its visitors, and had been placed in the hands of an amphictyony, or committee of persons chosen mainly from Central Greece. According to the Suda, Delphi took its name from the Delphyne, the she-serpent ('' drakaina'') who lived there and was killed by the god Apo ...
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Limestone Creek (Chittenango Creek Tributary)
Limestone Creek is a river in Onondaga County in the state of New York. From its source on the north side of Arab Hill south of Delphi Falls, New York, and northwest of DeRuyter Reservoir, the creek flows generally north to its confluence with Chittenango Creek. Course Originating at the north side of Arab Hill south of Delphi Falls, New York and northwest of DeRuyter Reservoir the creek begins traveling northward. After a short distance the creek receives the creek that flows through The Gulf, which drains DeRuyter Reservoir. The creek then continues a short distance and receives East Branch Limestone Creek just southeast of Delphi Falls. The upper reaches of the creek drain the valley of Pompeys Hollow, west of Cazenovia Lake. The creek then flows past Manlius and Fayetteville, passing under the Erie Canal near Green Lakes State Park, receiving Butternut Creek from the west below Minoa. Downstream of there, it empties into Chittenango Creek which continues a few miles north ...
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Delphi Falls, New York
Delphi Falls is a hamlet in the town of Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, United States. There is a current population of 992. It was a prosperous town in the early 19th century. Businesses included a cheese factory, an evaporated milk production facility and a tannery. Union Major General Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894), an 1852 graduate of the United States Military Academy, and Civil War corps commander, was born near Delphi Falls. Delphi Falls is located southeast of the hamlet. One actually has to cross over into Madison County. Delphi is rich in small water falls dotting the western side of the valley. Near the town is a waterfall, also named Delphi Falls Delphi Falls is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet in the town of Pompey, New York, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York (state), New York, United States. There is a current population of 992. It was a prosperous town in the early .... References Hamlets in Onondaga County, New York Hamlets in ...
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Union (hamlet), New York
Union is a hamlet (New York), hamlet in Madison County, New York, Madison County, New York (state), New York, United States. The community is about southwest of Canastota, New York, Canastota. Delphi Falls is located southwest of Union. References

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Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Located in the city's University Hill, Syracuse, University Hill neighborhood, east and southeast of Downtown Syracuse, the large campus features an eclectic mix of architecture, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival to contemporary buildings. Syracuse University is organized into 13 schools and colleges, with nationally recognized programs in Syracuse University School of Architecture, architecture, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, public administration, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, journalism and communications, Martin J. Whitman School of Management, business administration, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, information studies, Syracuse Univers ...
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Manlius, New York
Manlius is a town in Onondaga County, east of the city of Syracuse, New York, United States. The population was 33,712 at the 2020 census, making it the third largest suburb in metropolitan Syracuse. In 2005, the town was ranked 98th on CNN's list of Best Places to Live. The town of Manlius includes a village also named Manlius, along with the villages of Fayetteville and Minoa. It is located on the eastern border of Onondaga County. History The town was a township of the former Central New York Military Tract. Manlius is the name of several important Romans, but exactly which one was being honored is no longer known. The current town was first settled around 1790. The town of Manlius was created in 1794, along with Onondaga County, as a much larger entity, which was decreased by the formation, in part or in whole, of new towns ( DeWitt, Onondaga, Salina) and part of Syracuse. The economy related to trade generated by the Erie Canal contributed to the early developmen ...
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Madison County, New York
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,016. Its county seat is Wampsville. The county is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, and was first formed in 1806. Madison County is part of the Syracuse metropolitan area. History Indigenous peoples had occupied areas around Oneida Lake for thousands of years. The historic Oneida Nation is an Iroquoian-speaking people who emerged as a culture in this area about the fourteenth century and dominated the territory. They are one of the Five Nations who originally comprised the Iroquois Confederacy or ''Haudenosaunee''. English colonists established counties in eastern present-day New York State in 1683; at the time, the territory of the present Madison County was considered part of Albany County, with the city of Albany located on the Hudson River. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State around ...
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