- 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”?
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