bluebird wrote on Jul 19th 2001, 21:52:17 about
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The state gem of New York is the garnet. The state flower is the rose. The state tree is the sugar maple. The state insect is the ladybug.
Red. Red. Red. Red.
Always or sometimes, all are red.
But the state bird is the bluebird.
Blue.
bluebird wrote on Jul 19th 2001, 22:52:04 about
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The state capital of New York is Albany. This is the site of the former Fort Orange where the first permanent Dutch settlement was founded in 1624.
bluebird wrote on Jul 19th 2001, 21:50:27 about
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New York was named in honour of the Duke of York.
Its nickname is the Empire State.
The 10 largest cities (2000): New York, 8,008,278; Buffalo, 292,648; Rochester, 219,773; Yonkers, 196,086; Syracuse, 147,306; Albany, 95,658; New Rochelle, 72,182; Mount Vernon, 68,381; Schenectady, 61,821; Utica, 60,651