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Border Warfare - Annals of Tryon County ___The full text of an 1831 book. There are 11 chapters, the introduction and an Appendix. - Text only - From Albany County Genealogy and History - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyalbany/book/Contents.html 

Boss Tweed Escaped From Prison ___A good introduction to the Boss Tweed story. "How he landed in prison in the first place is a story of American politics and corruption." - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_boss_1.html 

Colonial Albany Project ___"Welcome to the official website of the Colonial Albany Social History Project. It is intended to introduce everyone to the people of colonial Albany and their world." - Illustrated - From the New York State Museum - http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/index.html 

Colonial New York ___A large portion of this history concentrates on "...the transition in this colony from Dutch to English rule" and the personages involved. - Text only - From Henry William Elson - http://www.usahistory.info/colonies/New-York.html 
 
The Erie Canal - A Journey Through History ___"This journey through history combines songs, historic information, post cards, panoramic photos, maps and community profiles to create a comprehensive multimedia package about the canal and its national impact. The online tour, designed for use by adults and young users, requires that you have Flash and QuickTime plug-ins." - Illustrated - From ePodunk Inc - http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html 

 

Find a Grave - New York ___Brief biographies of 3,399 'famous' citizens, many with information about their claims to fame, causes of death and burial places, and photos. - Illustrated - From Find a Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=state&FSstateid=36 

Half Moon History ___"The first European settlements in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania were built by the Dutch beginning in 1624 and formed the Dutch colony of New Netherland, or Nieuw Nederlandt." This website is full of good information about these settlements. - Illustrated - http://www.newnetherland.org/history.htm

History of New York __ "The Dutch, who began to establish trading-posts on the Hudson River in 1613, claimed jurisdiction over the territory between the Connecticut and the Delaware Rivers, which they called New Netherlands. The government was vested in "The United New Netherland Company," chartered in 1616, and then in "The Dutch West India Company," chartered in 1621." An encyclopedic article about the history of New York State. - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York

Long Island History ___You'll need a lot of time to cover everything that's here. Long Island's history is presented from ancient times to the present. There are audio files in RealAudio format. - Illustrated - From Newsday, Inc - http://www.lihistory.com


 
New Netherlands Becomes New York ___A history and the text of a treaty between the British and the Dutch settlers in New York after the British took over. - Text only - From Digital History - http://www.gliah.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=234 

New York ___A good overview of the history of New York state, plus statistics, demographic information, and links to "... selected famous natives and residents." - Illustrated - From Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108252.html 

New York ___This a very short overview of the history of New York State, but it's followed by links to seven more specific stories from New York's history. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ny 

New York Ghost Towns ___These brief reports about this state's ghost towns are submitted by viewers. - Map - From Ghosttowns.com - http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ny/ny.html 

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New York History ___A printable page which provides a brief overview of New York State history. - Text only - From Yahoo! Travel - http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-501482-new_york_history-i

New York: History ___Topics include the Iroquois Confederacy, French and Dutch claims, politics and cultural movements. - Text only - From The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. - http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0859983.html 
 
New York Stock Market Opened on Wall Street ___A brief history of the New York Stock Exchange Building, as well as a simple explanation learn about how the system of stocks and bonds works. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_stock_1.html 

Revolutionary War ___Read these pages which recount the part Long Island played in the Revolutionary War. You'll find some very interesting information. - Illustrated - From the Carman Genealogy Home Page - http://www.carman.net/rev_war.htm 

 

Rochester History ___"Rochester History is a journal that covers the history of Rochester and western New York. All articles are available on-line - from 1939 to the present. To view the articles, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can search all articles using the Table of Contents or you can search for specific topics in articles from 1939 to 2000 with the Index." - Text only - From the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY - http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/ 

State of New York History ___Not an attractive page, but the facts are here. - Text only - From NorthEastern Genealogy - http://www.negenealogy.com/ny/index.htm 

The US50 - A Guide to the State of New York ___A general state history overview and brief biographies of historic figures. - Text only - From Erik Schubach and TheUS50.com - http://www.theus50.com/newyork/history.shtml

 
 

 

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