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New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada, and the Great Lakes. With approximately 20 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States, and the 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km²).

New York has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate, encompasses New York City, the most populous city in the United States; Long Island, the nation's most populous island; and the cities, suburbs, and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the expansive New York metropolitan area and account for approximately two-thirds of the state's population. The larger Upstate area spreads from the Great Lakes to Lake Champlain and includes the Adirondack Mountains and the Catskill Mountains (part of the wider Appalachian Mountains). The east–west Mohawk River Valley bisects the more mountainous regions of Upstate and flows into the north–south Hudson River valley near the state capital of Albany. Western New York, home to the cities of Buffalo and Rochester, is part of the Great Lakes region and borders Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Central New York is anchored by the city of Syracuse; between the central and western parts of the state, New York is prominently featured by the Finger Lakes, a popular tourist destination. To the south, along the state border with Pennsylvania, the Southern Tier sits atop the Allegheny Plateau, representing some of the northernmost reaches of Appalachia.

New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that went on to form the United States. The area of present-day New York had been inhabited by tribes of the Algonquians and the Iroquois Confederacy Native Americans for several thousand years by the time the earliest Europeans arrived. Stemming from Henry Hudson's expedition in 1609, the Dutch established the multiethnic colony of New Netherland in 1621. England seized the colony from the Dutch in 1664, renaming it the Province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, a group of colonists eventually succeeded in establishing independence, and the state ratified the then new United States Constitution in 1788. From the early 19th century, New York's development of its interior, beginning with the construction of the Erie Canal, gave it incomparable advantages over other regions of the United States. The state built its political, cultural, and economic ascendancy over the next century, earning it the nickname of the "Empire State". Although deindustrialization eroded a portion of the state's economy in the second half of the 20th century, New York in the 21st century continues to be considered as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance, and environmental sustainability. (Full article...)

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William Bliss Baker (November 27, 1859 – November 20, 1886) was an American artist who began painting just as the Hudson River School was winding down. Baker began his studies in 1876 at the National Academy of Design, where he studied with Bierstadt and de Haas. He later maintained studios in Clifton Park, New York, and New York City, where he painted in oils and watercolors. He completed more than 130 paintings, including several in black and white.

At age 26, Baker was just beginning to hit his stride as a landscape painter when he died at his father's house at Hoosick Falls, New York. The New York Times said that his death "deprived America of one of its most promising artists." (Full article...)

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Kaaterskill Falls is a two-stage waterfall on Spruce Creek in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County. The two cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making Kaaterskill Falls one of the highest waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' tallest waterfalls.

The waterfalls are one of America's oldest tourist attractions, being depicted or described by many books, essays, poems and paintings of the early 19th century. Beginning with Thomas Cole's first visit during 1825, they became a subject for painters of the Hudson River School, setting the wilderness ideal for American landscape painting. The Falls also inspired "Catterskill Falls", a poem by William Cullen Bryant. (Full article...)

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Image 1Martin Scorsese at the Tribeca Film Festival (from Culture of New York City)
Image 2The Stadt Huys in Albany became the state's seat of government when Albany became the permanent capitol in 1797. (from History of New York (state))
Image 3Map of the Province of New York. (from History of New York (state))
Image 4Street vendors at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan's Little Italy (from Culture of New York City)
Image 5The West Indian Labor Day Parade is an annual carnival along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. (from Culture of New York City)
Image 6Langston Hughes was part of the Harlem Renaissance that flourished in the 1920s. (from Culture of New York City)
Image 7A crowd in Times Square awaits the countdown to the start of 2006. (from Culture of New York City)
Image 8The Yoshio Taniguchi building at the Museum of Modern Art (from Culture of New York City)
Image 9John Trumbull's Surrender of General Burgoyne stylizes the American win at Saratoga. (from History of New York (state))
Image 10New York was dominated by Iroquoian (green) and Algonquian (red) Indian tribes.
Image 11New York State Theater (from Culture of New York City)
Image 12United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. (from History of New York (state))
Image 13A historical juxtaposition: a replica of Henry Hudson's 17th-century Halve Maen passes modern-day lower Manhattan where the original ship would have sailed while investigating New York Harbor. (from History of New York (state))
Image 14A Phoenix rises to new life at the Village Halloween Parade fifty days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (from Culture of New York City)
Image 15Theodore Roosevelt (from History of New York (state))
Image 16A frameworker tightens bolts on the Empire State Building in 1930; the recently completed Chrysler Building is seen in the background. (from History of New York (state))
Image 17Flooding on Avenue C in Lower Manhattan caused by Hurricane Sandy. (from History of New York (state))
Image 18The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center (from Culture of New York City)
Image 19SUR by Xefirotarch at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens (from Culture of New York City)
Image 20Companies such as Eastman Kodak (Rochester headquarters pictured ca. 1900) epitomized New York's manufacturing economy in the late 19th century. (from History of New York (state))

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Tubman in 1895

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.

Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by enslavers as a child. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate overseer threw a heavy metal weight, intending to hit another slave, but hit her instead. The injury caused dizziness, pain, and spells of hypersomnia, which occurred throughout her life. After her injury, Tubman began experiencing strange visions and vivid dreams, which she ascribed to premonitions from God. These experiences, combined with her Methodist upbringing, led her to become devoutly religious. (Full article...)

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The high cliffs of Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain in Chesterfield make the peak the "gateway to Adirondacks" for travelers on the adjacent Adirondack Northway and U.S. Route 9. The mountain's unusual name is a corruption of the Algonquin pohquis moosie for "place of smooth broken rocks". Rock and ice climbers regularly scale those cliffs, and hikers are drawn to the views from the historic fire lookout tower on the 2,180-foot (660 m) summit.

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Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840 in Willsboro, New York – December 5, 1899) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Ronnie Cuber (born December 25, 1941 in New York City) is primarily a jazz baritone saxophonist; he has also played in Latin, pop, rock and blues sessions.
William Francis Deegan (December 28, 1882 – April 3, 1932) was an architect, Major in the Army Corps of Engineers, and Democratic political leader in New York City.
Joel Collier (born December 25, 1963 in Buffalo, New York) is a former American football defensive backs coach in the National Football League.

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Prospect Park is a 585 acre (2.4 km²) public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, Windsor Terrace and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and seven blocks northeast of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Nicknames: The Empire State, The Excelsior State
Capital: Albany
Governor: Kathy Hochul (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Antonio Delgado (D)
Secretary of State: Robert J. Rodriguez (D)
Attorney General: Letitia James (D)

Total area: 54,555 mi²
- Land: 47,190 mi²
- Water: 7,365 mi²
Highest elevation: 5,344 ft (Mount Marcy)

Population 19,745,289 (2016 est)
Admission to the Union: July 26, 1788 (11^th)

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Animal: Beaver
Bird: Eastern Bluebird
Colors: Blue & Gold
Freshwater Fish: Brook trout
Saltwater Fish: Striped bass
Flower: Rose
Fossil: Eurypterus remipes
Insect: Nine-spotted Ladybug
Songs: "I Love New York"
Tree: Sugar Maple
Gem: Garnet

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