Day 45 – Liverpool, New York
93 miles
Fun Facts about Liverpool:
Liverpool is also the name of a city in England. Liverpool, New York, was not settled by the
English. It was first settled by Native Americans, the Iroquois, starting in the 16th century.
Later, in the 17th century, French Canadian clergy, Jesuits, set up missions.
The Sainte Marie among the Iroquois Living History Museum is a place for visitors. It looks
just like the Jesuit mission did more than 300 years ago. People in costumes show what
life was like in those early days. They show activities like cooking, spinning yarn, quilting
and woodworking. Does anyone in your family do any of these activities today? Do you use
any recipes that were handed down from your parents or grandparents?
Some people use the phrase, “worth his salt,” when they say someone is doing a good job
or worth what they are getting paid. The Onondaga Lake area in Liverpool was the site of
salt mines. People earned a living from “mining” salt. The salt was mined or taken out of the
lake in large buckets of water. The water was boiled in large wooden kettles. The workers
would stir and stir with big wooden spoons until the water boiled down leaving the salt.
Today the Salt Museum in Liverpool’s Onondaga Lake Park shows visitors how the salt
was produced in their town.
Children’s Activities:
Let your child taste salt. Put out a little plate of salt and a little plate of sugar. Cut pieces of
bread into small squares. Let him dip the bread into the plate of salt. How did this bread
taste? Next let him dip the bread into sugar? How did that taste? Which taste did he or she
like better? Can you smell a difference between the salt and sugar?
Let your child help you prepare the food for meals and snacks. Talk about the tastes. Is the
food sweet or salty? What are the other flavors your child tastes? Sour? Spicy?
For a “sweet” experience, you could take your child to the Graeter’s Ice Cream production
facility at 2555 Bethel Road. There he or she can watch the ice cream being made. It is free.
To find out more, call (614)442-7622.