New York State History

From Niagara to New York City

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NYC Brief History

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Portrait of Lapowinsa, a Lenape chief, painted in 1735
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Native People

The Munsee language had several names for the area, including 'Manahatouh' which means 'place of gathering …

Engraving of Federal Hall on Wall Street, where Washington was inaugurated in 1789
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New York Blooms

Despite the misgivings of certain individuals, New York boomed during the early 19th century and its …

Times Square in May 1999
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New York Flourishes

The 1990’s stock market boom helped fund building and general public spending, there have been numerous …

Graffiti in the Times Square subway station, May 1973
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The Descent of New York

New York became world famous for its graffiti-strewn rail network during the 1970s, the rundown trains were …

The Castello Plan, a 1660 survey of New Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan
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The Europeans

The first Dutch settlers were dispatched in 1625 to establish a trading post. This was eventually called New …

Print of the burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum during the New York draft riots of July 1863
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The Turbulent Growth of New York

The tensions in the city rose as the amount of poor immigrants from Ireland and Europe increased; New York’s …