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Origin of Name England's Duke of York. Total
Area (Rank) 54,475 sq mi (27th). Population
(Rank) 19,651,127 (3rd). Capital
Albany. First Explored By Samuel de Champlain in
1609. Ratified Constitution (Rank) July 26, 1788
(11th).
Notable New
Yorkers
Official
Symbols of New York
The apple muffin was made the Official State Baked Good
in 1987 as a result of the efforts of students throughout
New York State.
Peter
Minuit
served as Director-General of New Amsterdam (now New York
City) from 1626 to 1631. During his tenure, he concluded a treaty with an unknown group of
Native Americans in which the natives agreed to allow
Minuit's colony to occupy Manhattan Island in exchange
for a variey of trade goods.
Niagara
Falls
drop over a 167-foot-high escarpment 167 feet high in the
Niagara River. The second largest falls in the world,
behind Victoria Falls in southern Africa, about 20
percent of the world's total freshwater supply falls over
Niagara every day.
New York
City
is the most populous city in the United States.
Albany
is the capital of New York. It is located
on the west bank of the Hudson River in Albany County, of
which it is the seat, and has a population of
approximately 98,000. Founded as Fort Orange by Dutch
settlers in 1624, it was renamed Albany by the British in
1664.
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