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United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered a paralytic illness, and regularly visited Warm Springs and other hot springs for restorative soaks. While his cousin Theodore Roosevelt was known as a physically active and healthy person, he had asthma and used physical activity as well as occasional visits to mineral spas as attempts ...
The Marcellus Formation or the Marcellus Shale is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. Named for a distinctive outcrop near the village of Marcellus, New York, in the United States, [ 3] it extends throughout much of the Appalachian Basin. [ 4][ 5][ 6]
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 ...
July 19, 1985. Saratoga Spa State Park is a 2,379-acre (9.63 km 2) state park located in Saratoga County, New York in the United States. [ 3] The park is in the City of Saratoga Springs, near US 9 and NY 50 . The grounds contain mineral springs, classical bath and spa houses, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center .
New York Mineralogical Club. The New York Mineralogical Club, Inc. is the oldest continually-operating mineral club in the United States. [1] The club was founded by George Frederick Kunz, Benjamin B. Chamberlin and Professor Daniel S. Martin, on September 21, 1886, in the home of Professor Daniel S. Martin at 236 West 4th Street, New York City.
^ 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 ...
S. Saratoga Springs, New York. Sharon Springs, New York. Categories: Spa towns in the United States. Springs of New York (state) Populated waterside places in New York (state)
Rockfort, [a] located east of Kingston, Jamaica, [1] in an area previously known as Harbour Head, [2] is the ruins of a 17th century rock fort that was once surrounded by a moat. [3] First the site of a British rock fort, [1] it was fortified in 1694 to protect the eastern edge of Kingston against an invasion by the French.