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Jamaica Avenue was an ancient trail for tribes from as far away as the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to trade skins and furs for wampum. [15] It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans with two guns, a coat, and some powder and lead, for the land lying between the old trail and "Beaver Pond" (now filled in; what is now Tuckerton Street north of Liberty Avenue ...
^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...
Regions of New York as defined by the New York State Department of Economic Development. Regions in Upstate New York: 1. Western New York – counties : Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany
Rockfort (Jamaica) Coordinates: 17°57′58.41″N 76°44′6.6″W. Ink drawing by William Berryman titled "On the Rockfort Road" from 1808. Port Royal and Kingston Harbours (map of 1774). Rockfort is located on the northeastern portion of Kingston Harbour. Rockfort, [a] located east of Kingston, Jamaica, [1] in an area previously known as ...
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is the department of the New York State government that maintains the state prisons and parole system. [1] There are 44 prisons funded by the State of New York, and approximately 28,200 parolees at seven regional offices as of 2022. [2] As of 2016 New York does not contract ...
Rockland County is the second-southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, after Richmond County. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, [ 4] making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City after ...
Ballston Spa is a village and the county seat of Saratoga County, New York, United States, located southwest of Saratoga Springs. It is part of the Capital Region. [ 2] The population of the village, named after Rev. Eliphalet Ball, a Congregationalist clergyman and an early settler, [ 3][ 4] was 5,111 at the 2020 census. [ 5]
New York covers an area of 54,556 square miles (141,299 km 2) making it the 27th largest state by total area (but 30th by land area). [ 3] The state borders six U.S. states: Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Connecticut, Rhode Island (across Long Island Sound ), Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east.