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Some of New York's Top Tourist Attractions: State Facts: New York State Tourism: 800-225-5697 http://www.ILoveNY.com/main.asp Capital: Albany Population: 18,976,457 Governor: George E. Pataki Entered the Union: July 26, 1788 As the: 11th state Motto: Excelsior (Ever Upward)
Nickname: Empire State Flower: Rose Bird: Bluebird Song: I Love New York Sports Teams: New York Knicks
(Basketball), Buffalo Bills (Football), New York Jets (Football),
New York Giants (Football), New York Yankees (Baseball), New
York Mets (Baseball), New York Rangers (Hockey), New York Islanders (Hockey), and Buffalo Sabres (Hockey) Origin of Name: In honor of the English Duke of York Major Industries: Manufacturing, foreign trade, commercial and financial transactions, book and magazine publishing, and theatrical productions; cattle, corn, poultry, fruits and vegetables, and wine Historical Sites: Castle Clinton, Fort Stanwix, Franklin D. Roosevelt's House in Hyde Park and Theodore Roosevelt's Houses in Oyster Bay and New York City, Grant's Tomb, Federal Hall in New York City, Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga Battlefield. Points of Interest: Niagara
Falls, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the United
Nations, as well as: Bordering States: New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and
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