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List of
Counties
List of Towns
Points of
Interest
Capital: Albany
Largest city: New York City
Highest point: Mount
Marcy, 5,344 ft
Lowest point: 0 ft
Admission to Union: July 26, 1788 (11th)
"Uncle Sam" was a meatpacker from Troy, NY. During
the War of 1812, Sam Wilson stamped "U.S. Beef" on his products and
soldiers interpreted that as Uncle Sam.
A number of presidents have been closely
associated with
the history of New York State, including Martin Van Buren, Millard
Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1624 the first permanent Dutch settlement was
established at Fort Orange (now Albany)
In 1973, on a New York City street, Motorola
researcher Martin Cooper made the first public call on a handheld
mobile phone.
The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring
jazz
musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple" for any
town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time
- "The Big Apple".
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State of New York

New York state seal
About New York
There are four mountain ranges in New York State:
Adirondack, Catskill, Shawangunk and Taconic.
The highest point in New York State is Mount Marcy, Essex County in the
Adirondacks - 5,344 feet above sea level.
10 Largest Cities
- New York City (8,274,527)
- Buffalo (279,745)
- Rochester (211,091)
- Yonkers (196,425)
- Syracuse (141,683)
- Albany (93,523)
- New Rochelle (72,967)
- Mount Vernon (67,924)
- Schenectady (61,280)
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