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New York State Firsts Highlight Rural Metropolis Contrast
Edward Emerine Wins portrays New York as a land of vast farms and urban marvels. He notes New York’s population of 13,479,142, World War II contracts, and the state’s industrial diversity from metals to diamonds. The piece celebrates York’s parks, resorts, and historic milestones from Champlain to Washington.
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Edward Emerine
New York
Manhattan Island
Times Square
Greenwich Village
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Niagara Falls
Adirondacks
Catskills
Lake Placid
Mount Marcy
Bowery
Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
Hendrik Hudson
Coney Island
Albany
New Netherland
Manhattan
Fort Nassau
Castle Island
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Duke of York
New World
New York State
Valley of the Mohawk
Niagara Frontier
Union
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
United States
New York County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Lakes
Fort Ticonderoga
Lake George
Upstate