New York State was the first state to require license plates on automobiles? Kingston was the first capital of New York State? Today, Albany serves as the state capital? The oldest cattle ranch in the U.S. was started in 1747 at Montauk, Long Island? New York State has 1,300 museums and galleries, 64 performing art centers, and 230 theatres? There are more than 400 golf courses and 55 downhill ski areas in New York? The New York State canal system is 524 miles long and has 57 locks? Milk is the official drink of New York State? In 1885 New York State acquired property around Niagara Falls and established the first state park in the United States? The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in NY Harbor on October 28, 1886? In 1892 Ellis Island opened in New York harbor as the primary immigration port in the United States? The Seaway Trail covers 454 miles along scenic views of Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands, grape vineyards and apple orchards across the state? The Adirondack Park is larger than the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Olympic Nationals Parks combined? Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua has nine formal gardens and one of the largest rose displays in the state? The rose is the official state flower. The official state song is “I Love New York”?