Utica – CSX City of the Week
Congratulations to Utica,
You’re the WCSX City of the Week!
Utica Factoids:
- Utica has gone by the names “Hog’s Hollow,” “McDougalville,” and “Harlow,” until it was finally named Utica by settlers from New York, in honor of the city of the same name in that state.
- The first school was a log cabin, near the site of the present Eppler Jr. High, started in the winter of 1820. The graduating class of 1884 donated the large rock in the front of Eppler.
- Utica’s first resident was Nathaniel Squire, a revolutionary war veteran. He moved west along the Clinton River from near Mt. Clemens, until he came to a high point of ground where the river and two Indian trails crossed. Here he built a cabin, somewhere near where the Jean Ridge now stands.