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	Existing Railroad Stations in New York State - Listings, photos, maps, and information on classic railroad stations still standing. Rate this
	History of New York - Course Page for Fieldston's History of New York Course. Includes syllabi, timelines, multimedia resources such as slides and primary sources. Rate this
	New York Correction History Society - Articles and photos about history of state correctional services, including probation, parole, juvenile justice, incarceration alternatives, community correction, restorative justice. Rate this
	The Encyclopedia Of New York State - The first comprehensive, scholarly encyclopedia of New York State ever published. Rate this
	New York State Covered Bridges - A graphic view of the 24 New York State Historic Covered Bridges. Also includes authentic not historic and other types of covered bridges in New York. Rate this
	New York History Net - Portal offering links to academic conferences, state archives, book reviews, the World Trade Center, genealogy, museums, libraries, education, and dozens of sites ot local and regional interest. Search function, featured sites, listserv. Rate this
	New York - The 1906 edition of Theodore Roosevelt's "New York." Rate this
	New York Historical Societies - Provides address information and links to historical societies in the state of New York. Rate this
	NYNY Timeline - A series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1990 AD. Rate this
	Inventory of Upstate New York State Tombstone Carvers - Inventory and geographical index of pre Civil War carvers. Rate this
	The History of the Fighting 69th - Perhaps the most famous infantry regiment in the US, their history, from the 69th New York State Militia to the present day 69th Infantry (Mechanized). Rate this
	Ulster and Delaware Railroad Historical Society - Focusing on the history of the railroads and related social, economic, and cultural institutions of the Catskill and Hudson Valley regions, with special concentration on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad and its predecessors. Rate this
	The Caterpillar Club's Aviation History of Central New York State - Investigations by a local historian about the informal club for pilots who bail out of their crashing aircraft. Includes documentaries of the crashes, ownership of crashed planes, and viewer responses. Rate this

Articles in this category:

• A Brief History of the Mattress - ...
• A Brief History of Scooters - ...
• The History of Pearls - The exact time when pearls entered the history books is unknown, as they were discovered long before pen was ever put to paper. 300 B.C. is one of the earliest written recordings of pearls. Marco Polo also wrote of pearls in his travels. They were prized ...
• The History of Dogs - The History of dogs
  
  Dogs belong to the Canid family (Canidae).
  
  Dogs first appeared about 40 million years ago, before any other carnivore families like bears or cats.
  
  Carnivores have a pair of teeth similar to blades that are called c...
• The History of Coffee -
  The History of Coffee
  
  Coffee was discovered in Eastern Africa in an area known as Ethiopia. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi. One day he noticed his goats acting frisky after eating berries from a bush. Kaldi tried the berri...
• The Bagpipe and Its History - ...
• History of Spain - The History of Spain, and how it all begun. The Iberian Peninsula was first inhabited around 8000,000 BC and has long been subject to foreign influences. The history of Spain starts from 11th centur...
• The History of Bakelite - ...
• The History of Aprons - ...
• The History of Yoga - The history of yoga is long and steeped in tradition. Contrary to what some people may believe, yoga was not developed as the newest way to slim down so they could fit into a smaller pants size.
  
  The history of yoga goes back 5,000 years. It origin...