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 Ulster County, New York
In 1777, the capital of New York State (the first state capital of independent New York) was established at Kingston, though it was subsequently moved when the British burned that city.
Ulster County is in the southeast part of New York State, south of Albany, immediately west of the Hudson River.
In the county the population is spread out with 23.50% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% who are 65 years of age or older.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/ul/ulster_county__new_york.html   (544 words)

  
 Herkimer County, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean.
The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of Schenectady, and the county included the western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River.
In the county the population is spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herkimer_County,_New_York   (929 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lake Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The material that was pushed southward was piled in central and western New York in the form of drumlins, kames, and moraines, which reorganized entire drainage systems.
Drumlin in Cato, New York A drumlin (Gaelic druim the crest of a hill) is an elongated whale-shaped hill formed by glacial action.
The American shore of the lake is largely rural, with the exception of Rochester, New York.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lake-Ontario   (3516 words)

  
 History of the Town of Rochester
Rochester’s slow growth rate and predominant indigenous population indirectly documents the township’s ability to progress from the agrarian base and the small cottage industries that were common there.
Of 486 farms counted in Rochester that year, the distribution was: one farm over 1,000 acres; one of 500 to 999 acres; 139 from 100 to 500 acres, 126 of 50 to 99 acres; 95 of 20 to 49 acres; and 124 under 20 acres.
New bridge abutments were build from the lock’s cut stone and mile markers were adapted from the snubbing posts and set track-side; many of these markers, however, have been removed and are now found far from their former locations.
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