[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12087]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             CELEBRATING SYLVANIA, OHIO'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 10, 2008

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize a milestone 
anniversary for the City of Sylvania in my district. This month, 
Sylvania celebrates the 150th anniversary of its founding.
  Founded in 1833 by General David White and Judge William Wilson at 
the junction of Ten Mile and Ottawa Creeks near the present day border 
of Ohio and Michigan, the area was originally the campgrounds of Erie, 
Chippewa and Wyandot tribes. First settlers' names continue through 
generations, including Lathrop, Pease, Printup, Rice, Green and 
Cosgrove. They established the first Sylvania school and church early 
on: both the Stone Academy and First Presbyterian Church were 
established in 1834.
  In 1876, the town was formally incorporated. Truly a sylvan glade 
with more than one thousand trees, Sylvania took its name from the 
Latin ``sylvan'' meaning ``the woods.'' It remains a city of trees 
today, including 27 varieties of maple, with the maple leaf as the 
city's symbol.
  In the decades which followed through the nineteenth, twentieth, and 
now the twenty-first century, Sylvania has prospered. It is a caring 
community with fine schools and first rate services for young and old 
and families. Sylvania remains a bucolic community reminiscent of its 
wooded early history, yet offers a bustling suburban economy of 
thriving businesses. Its Main Street retains charm from its past, but 
Sylvania at 150 years is a city moving forward. I am pleased to offer 
the congratulations of our entire region during this sesquicentennial 
celebration.

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