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Monday, June 25, 2012

FUN FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK!

A rest from promo today. Enjoy some fun facts and pix of New York, city and state. Happy Monday!

The oldest cattle ranch in the US was started in 1747 at Montauk on Long Island. 

(This is supposed to be a pic of a cattle ranch, but thought you wouldn't mind if I just had the cowboys. You don't, do you?)

 The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.




 New York City has 722 miles of subway track. 













 Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Olympic Parks combined.  The only mountain range to have a chair named after it! LOL. (That's from me.)




For beer lovers! The first public brewery in America was established by Peter Minuit at the Market (Marckvelt) field in lower Manhattan. 





   Niagara Reservation became the first state park in the United States.






New York was the first state to require license plates on cars. 





 New York State is home to 58 species of wild orchids.










Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken Jr. played against each other in Rochester vs. Pawtucket Red Sox in the longest game in baseball history. The game went a total of 33 innings. 
 The Big Apple is a term coined by musicians meaning to play the big time. 














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3 comments:

An Open Book said...

Very cool facts Jean- makes me wonder about my state now


Dawne

Lindsay said...

Interesting facts many of which I didn't know

Tracy Krauss said...

Cool post - and yes, I clicked on it initially because of the hot cowboy pic. :) I've been to NYC twice and LOVED it - once in he summer and once in winter for a week at new year's eve. Also been to Niagara falls... enjoyed this post.