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Columbia University Wikipedia Columbia University in the City of New York , commonly referred to as Columbia University , is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges fou...
United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, The Academy, or simply, The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic s...
Marathon Runners ====From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia===The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards),[1] that is usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (the namesake of the race) to Athens.The ma...
Upon entering the Cemetery of the Evergreens, on the right is a grassy area. Up the hill and on the knoll in the trees is the Cypress Cemetery. The Cemetery of the Evergreens is active and well cared for, the Cypress Cemetery has recently been cleared but loaded with poison Ivy! Find a Grave Incorporated in 1872, this 8-acre cemetery is situated 30 miles east of Albany and two miles west o...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Kings County, New York. Although Brooklyn has been a borough of New York City for more than a century, it had a long and illustrious history as an independent city until that time. In 1890, the last census before it was annexed, Brooklyn ranked as the fourth largest city in the United States. The first settlement in what is now Bro...
In a c. 1952 article in what appears to be the Oneida Democratic Union, Mrs. Jerry Loughlin noted the "Stockbridge cemetery covers 6-1/2 acres of what was C. M. Foster Farm. It was acquired through five separate purchases of land, through the years. Mrs. Loughlin found 1421 burial plots, most of them for 8 graves. There have been 3300 known burials since 1880. The earliest recorded burials were...
Little Valley Rural Cemetery is located in the village of Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cattaraugus County, New York. Official Website The largely unsettled territory was the traditional homeland of the now-extinct Wenrohronon Indians and later occupied by the Seneca people, one of the five Nations of the Haudenosaunee. During the colonial era, it was claimed by at least three territories: New York Colony, Massachusett...
Annis Cemetery resides in the Town of Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York. The earliest, recorded burial is from 1826. Annis began as a family cemetery; later expanding to include others in this farming community. The small burying ground is no longer active. Most of the graves and their stones have been lost to time, weather and vandalism. The last interment occurred in 2015.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Genesee County, New York. Official Website History The archaeological record at the Hiscock Site, in Byron, New York goes back to the Ice Age. Researchers have found a variety of manmade tools, ceramics, metal, and leather, along with a mastodon jaw, tusks, and teeth, and assorted animal bones, indicating long occupation of the s...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dutchess County, New York. Official Website Before Anglo-Dutch settlement, what is today Dutchess County was a leading center for the native Wappinger peoples. They had their council-fire at what is now Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. On November 1, 1683, the Province of New York established its first t...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Schuyler County, New York. Official Website The county was created in 1854 and was named in honor of General Philip Schuyler, one of the four major generals in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Seneca County Chemung County Tompkins County Steuben County Yates County Settlement...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, New York. Official Website History The county was created on April 11, 1823 and is named in honor of General Anthony Wayne, an American Revolutionary War hero and American statesman. War of 1812 Two small skirmishes were fought in the county during the War of 1812: one in Sodus in June 1813,[8] and the other in Wil...
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The New York Knickerbockers commonly referred to as the Knicks , are an American professional basketball team based in New York City. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. They are one of two NBA teams located...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Onondaga County, New York. Official Website The county was established in 1794. The name Onondaga derives from the name of the Native American tribe who lived in this area at the time of European contact, one of the original Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee. They called themselves (autonym) Onoda'gega, sometimes spelled Onontakeka....
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Orange County, New York. Official Website Orange County was officially established on November 1, 1683, when the Province of New York was divided into twelve counties. Each of these was named to honor a member of the British royal family, and Orange County took its name from the Prince of Orange, who subsequently became King Willia...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ulster County, New York. When part of the New Netherland colony, Dutch traders first called the area of present-day Ulster County "Esopus", a name borrowed for convenience from a locality on the opposite side of the Hudson. The local Lenape indigenous people called themselves Waranawanka, but soon came to be known to the Dutch as th...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Manhattan, New York County, New York. Manhattan, known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. It is the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, and coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Manha...
This project is the portal or master project for New York City. This project will include or link to sub-projects on New York City history and genealogy, AFTER 1674. Prior to 1674, see the New Amsterdam projects . New York City Projects State of New York The Bronx Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rockland County, New York. Official Website The area that became Rockland County was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape. The Tappan tribe had a particularly noteworthy presence in the area, extending from present-day Nyack, south to Sparkill and Tappan, down the Hackensac...
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles (1,200 km2) and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities. It was named after the city of Chester in England, and the county seat is White Plains. List of Populated Places in Westchester County Cities Yonkers , founded in 1646 N...
New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is located at Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private nonprofit institutions of American higher education.NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. NYU counts 36 Nobel Prize winners, four Abel Priz...
Cemetery is a designated National Historic Landmark. Although located in Woodlawn, Bronx and one of the largest cemeteries in New York City, it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened in 1863, in what was then southern Westchester County, in an area that was later annexed to New York City in 1874. It is notable in part as the final resting place of some great figures in ...
This is a private cemetery located on the private property of the Redman Farm on Kester Road in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York. This is not the same as Redman Cemetery, also located in Elbridge, on 6249 Kester Road. Find a Grave