Famous New Yorkers and Cultures

Babe Ruth
                      Babe Ruth Museum
                      Baseball Hall of Fame
                      Baseball Almanac

Cornelius Vanderbilt

U.S. History.com
New Netherland Institute

Biography Base

 

DeWitt Clinton

Erie Canal - Union College

New Netherland Institute

Answers.com
                             
                             

Dutch

Notre Dame Special Collections  
             New Netherland Institute  
            New Netherland Museum  

Dutch Influences Today
            Albany Patroons
            Albany Tulip Festival
            Dutch Colonial House Style
            Dutch Door
            
            Patroon Island Bridge
            Dutch Barn
            Holland Tunnel
            Manhattan
            Dutchess Couny
            Rensselaer
            

E. B. White - Suite 101
                       Eduplace
                       Today in Literature
                       Scholastic 

Elizabeth Blackwell - National Library of Medicine
                                    Gale Free Online
                                    Today in Literature
                                    Learning Haven

Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Schoolnet  
                                             About.com
                                           
                                             National Women's Hall of Fame

Emma Willard - Infoplease
                            Sunshine for Women
                            Emma Willard School
                           National Women's History Museum
                            

Explorers
      Explorer Links
      Giovanni da Verrazano -
                                           Discoverers Web
                                           Fact Monster
                                           Mr.Nussbauum.com
                                             
      Henry Hudson -
                           Enchanted Learning
                          Fact Monster
                            

Franklin Roosevelt - Spartacus Educational
                                    Internet Public Library

General John Burgoyne
                                           American Revolutionary War
                                           Social Studies For Kids

George Crum - IdeaFinder
                           Famous Black Inventors
                          Enchanted Learning
                           MIT-Inventor of the Week
                           

George Eastman - George Eastman House
                                 Kodak
                                 Biography.com

George Gershwin - Answers.com
                              American Masters PBS.org

George Pullman - Encyclopedia of World Biography
                                U.S. History.com
                                Spartacus Educational

Grandma Moses - Garden of Praise
                                Encyclopedia of World Biography
                                NY Times

Harlem Globetrotters http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/history/globetrotters/ http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Harlem_Globetrotters

Harriet Tubman - New York History
                               The Circle Association
                               Spectrum Biographies

James Fenimore Cooper - http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/cooper.html

http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/cooper.asp

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/COOPER/cooperbiography.html

Joe Dimaggio - http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/dimaggio_joe.htm
                          http://www.joedimaggio.com/
                          http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dimagjo01.shtml
                          http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dimaggio/peopleevents/pande02.html

Joe Namath - http://www.nfl.com/players/joenamath/profile?id=NAM415291 
                        http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620619/ 
                        http://sportsline.com/u/fans/celebrity/namath/super/chrono.htm 

John Peter Zenger -http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html
                                    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/johnpeterzenger1.htm
                                    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0853347.html

Jonas Salk - http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0bio-1
                       http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmsalk.html
                       http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ro-Sc/Salk-Jonas.html

Lou Gehrig - http://www.lougehrig.com/
                       http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/gehrig_lou.htm
                       http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gehrilo01
                       http://www.baseballhistorian.com/html/page13578.htm

Lucretia Mott - http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/mott.html
                           http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffragepre1848/p/lucretia_mott.htm 

Mickey Mantle - http://www.mickeymantle.com/
                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
                            http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=118258

New York Giants - http://www.giants.com/
                                 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nyg

New York Knicks http://www.nba.com/knicks/history/index.html http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/nyk/nyknicks.html

http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=nyk&lg=n

Peter Minuit - http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/minuit.html
                       http://americanhistory.about.com/od/biographiesmr/p/biominuit.htm
                       http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0833352.html

Pete Seeger - http://www.peteseeger.net/biograph.htm 
                      http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAseeger.htm  
                      http://www.peteseeger.net/songsby.htm

Peter Stuyvesant - http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/stuyvesant.html
                                 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Stuyvesa.html
                                 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/biostuy.html

Philip Schuyler - http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/phschuyler1750.html
                             http://www.nndb.com/people/005/000049855/
                          
                             http://www.fortklock.com/schuylermansion.htm

Red Jacket - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0841341.html
                       http://history.howstuffworks.com/native-american-history/red-jacket.htm
                       http://www.answers.com/topic/red-jacket

Robert Fulton - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/transport/fulton.html
                           http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/inventors/fulton/index.html
                           http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamship.htm
                           http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-fulton

Sojourner Truth - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAStruth.htm
                                http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm

Susan B. Anthony - http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blanthony.htm 
                                http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWanthony.htm 

Uncle Sam -
                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam
                     http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/unclesam.html
                     http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm015.html 

Theodore Roosevelt - http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/timeline.htm 
                                   http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/biopictures1.htm 

Walt Whitman - http://www.whitmanarchive.org/biography/chronology.html
                          http://www.answers.com/topic/walt-whitman 

Yankees - http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy

Return to top

Places

New York State Landmarks

Adirondack Mountains - http://www.adirondacks.com/adkhistory.html

Adirondack Park - http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/269.html
                                 http://www.apa.state.ny.us/About_Park/index.html
                                 http://www.adirondack-park.net/
                                 http://www.adirondackcouncil.org/adkpark3.html 

Albany - http://www.albanyny.org/home.aspx
               http://www.answers.com/topic/albany-new-york  
              http://www.albany.com/Albany-history.cfm

Albany Capitol - http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/statestreet/thecapitol.html

Baseball Hall of Fame - http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/
                                   http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hofmenu.shtml
                                   http://www.ohwy.com/ny/n/nabahafa.htm

Boxing Hall of Fame - http://www.ibhof.com/ 
                                     http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame

Broadway - http://www.broadway.com/ 
                     http://www.nyctourist.com/broadway-theater-history.htm 
                     http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Early-History-of-Broadway-Musicals&id=184061 
                     http://www.bwydance.com/studioinfo/history.shtml 
                     http://broadway-plays.visit-new-york-city.com/

Bronx Zoo - http://www.bronxzoo.com/
                      
                      http://www.gocitykids.com/browse/attraction.jsp?id=1098
                     http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9016616/Bronx-Zoo
                      http://www.nyc-architecture.com/BKN/BKN-007.htm
                     http://www.frommers.com/destinations/newyorkcity/A24065.html
                     http://savingtigers.com/st-bztigercare

Brooklyn Bridge - http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/brooklyn/
                                http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Brooklyn_Bridge.html
                                http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAbridg/bb.html
                                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge

Buffalo - http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Home/OurCity/Tourism
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York
               
               http://www.buffalonet.org/

Chinatown - http://www.nyctourist.com/chinatown1.htm
                      
                      http://www.chinatown-online.com/nychinatown/aboutchinatown.shtml
                      http://www.jackiechankids.com/files/Chinatown_2004.htm

Chrysler Building - http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chrysler_Building.html
                                 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/DISPLAY/chrysler/Frame-1.html

Cohoes - http://www.albany.edu/history/Troy-Cohoes/

Coney Island - http://www.coneyisland.com/
                           http://www.coneyislandpark.com/

Cooperstown - http://www.cooperstownchamber.org/ 
                          http://www.cooperstownchamber.org/ 
                          http://www.cooperstown.net/ 
                          http://www.cooperstownguide.com/cooperstown-history/index.html

Corning Glass - http://www.cmog.org/

Ellis Island -
                      http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html
                      http://www.wallofhonor.com/
                      http://www.nps.gov/stli/serv02.htm 

Empire State Building - http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/empire/empire.html
                                      http://www.nyctourist.com/empire1.htm
                                      http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/empire/about.html
                                      http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?CFID=636719&CFTOKEN=45601221 http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/empirestatebldg.htm http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/building/topic22.html

Empire State Plaza -
                                   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Plaza
                                   http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/empiresp/empiresp.html
                                   http://www.answers.com/topic/empire-state-plaza

Erie Canal - http://www.eriecanal.org/
                      http://www.eriecanal.org/locks.html
                      http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/  
                      http://www.eriecanal.org/UnionCollege/timeline.html

Fort Orange - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm
                  http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/tantillo/Orange.html
                  http://www.genealogy.com/users/h/o/w/Clyde-Howe/PHOTO/0001photo.html

Fort Stanwix - http://www.nps.gov/fost/historyculture/fort-stanwix-in-the-american-revolution.htm

http://www.revolutionaryday.com/nyroute5/ftstanwix/default.htm

Fort Ticonderoga - http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/
                              http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=3
                              http://members.tripod.com/~FortTic/Fort.html
                             

Fort William Henry - http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08009.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1175.html

George Eastman House - http://www.eastmanhouse.org/ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman_House

Grand Central Station - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal

Harriet Tubman Home - http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/tubm-har.htm

Historic Kingston - http://www.kingston-ny.gov/content/102/104/default.aspx

Howe Caverns - http://www.howecaverns.com/ 
                            http://www.nynaturalwonders.com/howe_caverns.php 
                            http://gonewengland.about.com/od/nyattractions/ss/aahowecaverns.htm 
                            http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041248/Howe-Caverns

Hudson River - http://www.epa.gov/rivers/98rivers/hudsonplan.html

http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm

http://www.uhls.org/river/virtual.htm

Lake Champlain - http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030298.htm?once=true&
http://www.outdoorplaces.com/Destination/stateparks/vermont/champlain/
http://ina.tamu.edu/LChamplain.htm

Lake George - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_George_%28New_York%29
                         http://www.lakegeorgeguide.com/
                         http://www.adirondack-park.net/lakes/lake.george.html
                         http://www.historiclakes.org/wm_henry/lg_battle.html
                         http://www.lakegeorgeassociation.org/html/fish_&_fishing_in_lake_george.htm
                         http://www.lakegeorgechamber.com/history_lake_george.htm

Lake Placid - http://www.lakeplacid.com/shared/home/history.htm 
                        http://lakeplacid.com/
                      

Manhatten - http://www.inetours.com/New_York/Pages/NYC_History.html 

Montauk - http://www.montauklighthouse.com/home.htm

http://www.montauknyguide.com/about_Montauk.cfm

New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City
                             http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/new-york-city/history
                             http://www.inetours.com/New_York/Pages/NYC_History.html

New York Harbor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor
                                  http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/papers/thenewyorkvirtualharbor.html

New York Parks - http://nysparks.state.ny.us/  
                                http://www.stateparks.com/ny.html

Niagara Falls -
                         http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Facts_about_Niagara_Falls.htm
                         http://www.iaw.com/~falls/origins.html
                         http://www.nypa.gov/facilities/niagara.htm

Oriskany Battlefield - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1299.html
                              http://www.revolutionaryday.com/nyroute5/oriskany/default.htm

Saratoga -http://www.saratoga-springs.org/
                  http://history.rays-place.com/ny/saratoga-springs-ny.htm 
                  http://www.saratoga.com/aboutsaratoga/history/
                  

Saratoga Battlefield - http://www.nps.gov/sara/
                                  http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute4/saratoga/default.htm
                                  http://www.myriadproductions.com/virtualsaratoga/vsPRO_Battlefield.html
                                  http://www.nps.gov/sara/s-prkhst.htm
                                  
Schenectady - http://www.cityofschenectady.com/
                        http://www.hopefarm.com/scheneny.htm
                        http://www.sayschenectady.org/
                        http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/schenectady/index.html
                        http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/pictures/ 

Seneca Falls - http://www.welcome.to/sfhs/
                           http://www.senecafalls.com/history-summary.php  
                          http://www.npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm  
                          http://americanhistory.about.com/od/womenssuffrage/a/senecafalls.htm

Shea Stadium - http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nym
                           http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nym
                           http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/sheast.htm
                           http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/nl/Shea%20Stadium.htm

Statue of Liberty - http://www.statueofliberty.org/default_sol.htm
                           http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm#Statue%20of
                           http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=8052
                           http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/symbols/ladyliberty.html
                           http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101054.html
                           http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Statue_of_Liberty.html 

Syracuse - http://www.syracuse.ny.us/
                  
                  http://syracusethenandnow.org/History/History.htm
                  http://www.syrahoo.com/tour/

Utica - http://www.cityofutica.com/Home/
            http://www.hometownusa.com/ny/history/Utica.html

Thousand Islands - http://www.visit1000islands.com/visitorinfo/
                                   http://www.thousandislands.com/tisite/
                                   http://www.1000islands.com/
                                   http://www.answers.com/topic/thousand-islands

Times Square: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square

Troy - http://www.albany.edu/history/Troy-Cohoes/
          http://rpinfo.rpi.edu/regional-troy.html
         
Twin Towers - http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/t_wtc.htm 
                          http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903568.html 
                          http://www.simplytaty.com/broadenpages/historyofwtc.htm

United Nations - http://www.un.org/aboutun/index.html
                          http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/unintro/unintro.asp

Wall Street - http://www.hermes-press.com/wshist1.htm 
                      http://www.atozinvestments.com/history-of-wall-street.html 
                      http://www.atozinvestments.com/more-wall-street-history.html 
                      http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2007/05/a_short_history.html

West Point - http://www.usma.edu/
                     http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/

Yankee Stadium - http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/   
                               http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/yankee.htm   
                               http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/al/YankeeStadium.htm 
                              http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/nyybpk.htm (new stadium)

Return to top

Events

Blizzard of 1888 - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/blizzard1.html
                               http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ph_0301.htm
                               http://rs6.loc.gov/wpa/17120802.html
                              http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/1888-blizzard.html

Early New York History - http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/index-flash.html

French and Indian War - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/frenchandindianwar1.htm  
                                           

Schenectady Massacre - http://www.geocities.com/vanpatten.geo/sdystkd.html 
                                       
                                         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenectady_massacre
                                         http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/09.html
                                         http://www.cityofschenectady.com/history.html
                                         http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/browseSresults.cfm?&subject=78183&trg=1 
                                         http://www.historicstockade.com/historycenter/hc_massacres.htm

Transportation Timelines - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_history_of_transportation.htm                                           http://www.nycarchivists.org/exhibit/trtime.html

Return to top

Symbols

Apple Muffin - http://www.nyapplecountry.com/nysapplemuffin.htm                                  http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D91439F936A15755C0A961948260 
                          http://www.iloveny.com/kids/nys_symbols.asp 
                          http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7D7163EF93AA15756C0A961948260 

Return to top

Other Topics

American Eel - http://www.answers.com/topic/american-eel
                           

Apples - http://www.nyapplecountry.com/
               http://www.nyapplecountry.com/history.htm
               http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/479235/new_york_state_farm_producers_rank.html
               http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/New_York/Fruit_Apple.html

Atlantic Sturgeon - http://www.answers.com/topic/atlantic-sturgeon
                                 http://fish.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Acipenseridae/atlsturg.html  
                                 http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7025.html

Beaver- http://www.beaversww.org/beaver.html 
             http://www.beaversww.org/beaver.html

Fish - http://www.statefishart.com/states/northeast/ny.htm 
          http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/269.html

Fossils - http://www.priweb.org/collections/collections_info.html 
              http://www.langsfossils.com/museum/m-eurpys-single.htm

Gem http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/emblems.htm http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/New_York/gem_garnet.html http://www.iloveny.com/kids/nys_symbols.asp

Government - http://www.state.ny.us/ 
                        http://www.crisny.org/government/gov.ny.htm
                        http://assembly.state.ny.us/kids/ 

Iroquois Language - http://www.ohwejagehka.com/ 
                                   http://www.native-languages.org/cayuga_words.htm 
                                   http://www.native-languages.org/oneida_words.htm 
                                   http://www.native-languages.org/onondaga_words.htm 
                                   http://www.native-languages.org/seneca_words.htm  

Ladybug - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ladybug.html  
                 http://www.ladybuglady.com/ScienceFair.htm

Return to top