Show E Editors Editor's Note This is s another in the Stories of 0 the States series By V ED EDWARD ARD EMERINE Features Lets Let's think of cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle and head of sheep Just imagine pastures so lush that each section of land cares for Cor 40 head of cattle Picture a state where farms average acres each No its it's not some western state Its It's New NewYork NewYork NewYork York After all Manhattan island is a small part of the area arca of New York which is square miles of farms orchards mountains valleys valleys valleys val val- leys streams lakes forests and other other other oth oth- er rural beautiful ul and natural things Times square Greenwich village Fifth avenue and Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet street are rivaled by Niagara falls the Adirondacks the Catskills Lake Placid and Mount Marcy The subways subways subways sub sub- ways arc are no match for ski runs and toboggan slides Its It's a long step from the Bowery to country lanes and old farmsteads Champlain Came First New York has so many firsts they cant can't be counted Samuel de Champlain Champlain Champlain Cham- Cham plain was the first white man to set his foot in New York as well as the first to teach religion to the Iro- Iro Within a year Hendrik Hudson Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- son anchored his little ship off Coney island finally sailing salling up the river which bears his name to the present site of Albany Two years later some Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam Amster Amster- dam merchants were given a trading charter for tor New Neth- Neth erland as New York was to be known The first post was set setup setup setup up in 1613 on Manhattan the second In 1614 at Fort Nassau on Castle island south of the present present present pres pres- ent Albany Ten years ears later all Manhattan island was purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased from the Indians for 23 worth north of oC trinkets Forty lorty years later later In 1664 a British British Brit Brit- ish fleet demanded surrender of New Amsterdam and Gen Director D eral Peter Stuyvesant found himself with little support He capitulated and the duke of York was granted the conquered land New York became the new and lasting lasting- name As years passed more and more people flocked to the New World many of them finding the rich lands of New York state to their liking Hamlets villages and cities sprang up knit together with a network of aboriginal trails that eventually became became became be be- came roads and highways Albanys Albany's geographic position at the crossroads crossroads crossroads cross cross- roads of the state made it a key frontier settlement in the cen cen- tury Leads in Population The battleground of Saratoga Champlain valley Fort I x i jI jI'S a y Y S 'S SY S 'S yz yz'S 7 C CHIEF lEF EXECUTIVE ThomasE Thomas E E. Dewey Dewcy who was born in Owosso so Mich March larch 24 1902 began his meteoric rise as a national figure figure figure fig fig- ure in 1931 when he was appointed appoint appoint- ed United States attorney for the southern district of New York state As prosecuting attorney for New York county he gained fame in prosecution of gangsters Defeated Dc- Dc for governor in 1938 he ran again in 1912 1942 and was elected by bya a wide margin He lie was reelected reelected reelected re- re elected In 1916 after losing the presidential contest in 1944 to the late Franklin D D. D Roosevelt ery cry Valley of the Mohawk the Niagara Niagara Ni Ni- agara frontier frontier from from these grew New York a state which has mushroomed mushroomed mushroomed mush mush- I roomed from scattered colonies to I th the most populous state in the union with wih inhabitants I Through the years the centuries centuries centuries ries and many wars the great Industrial commonwealth of New York has emerged DurIng During During Dur Dur- ing World War II of all aU the war contracts awarded by the federal federal fed fed- eral cral government in the 48 states 11 per cent went to Industrial plants in New York state Of the largest Industrial corporations corporations corporations cor cor- in the nation 94 are represented In New York City New Yorks York's variety of products range from heavy metals and machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery to exquisitely polished diamonds dia dia- monds sho Shoes s paper books magazines magazines magazines maga maga- furniture carpets business machines locomotives cameras photographic films precision instruments Instruments instruments ments electrical equipment and the list grows on and on all on-all all these are produced In the factories of New York Its apparel industry pr pro produces produces pro pro- duces 48 per cent of the nations nation's clothing and 45 per cent of rugs and carpets comes from there I Still SUll there are arc farms In New York state the appraised value value val val- I ue of which is more than a billion dol dol- dolI I lars The average growing s season ason is often as high as days particularly par I in the Long island section New Yorks York's own fruits and vegetables vegetables bles supply the states state's large larce canning can can- canning ning ing industries Wines champagnes oysters poultry eggs and other products go to nearby markets mar mar- The Thc last prewar year placed placeda a total value of more than million million mil mil- lion dollars on New Yorks York's agricultural tural products with milk the largest farm revenue producer Today the port of New York City I is the nations nation's foremost center ol oI foreign trade and yet its people like to recall that it was there that George Washington was sworn in as first president of the United States Buffalo Is the nations nation's largest freshwater fresh fresh- water port yet when white men first came they found a basswood forest and Erie Indians Indian fishing and huntIng huntIng hunt hunt- Ing along the creeks and lake And there are Binghamton Rochester Syracuse Utica Yonkers and others all all playing an Important part in commerce and trade today I Those who live In New York anywhere In the state state have have playgrounds close at at hand band There are mountains seashores lakes Jakes rivers waterfalls farmlands farmlands farm farmlands lands and more than 70 10 state parks Niagara falls the Thousand Thousand Thousand Thou Thou- sand islands Ausable chasm the Palisades Howes caverns Lake George and many others others' arc are points of interest for natives and visitors alike aUke Lake Placid Is Internationally known as a summer and V winter resort with toboggan slides ski sk runs skating rinks stables for skijoring ski joring horses and kennels for sled dogs There are arc literally hundreds of other places In the state for win ter sports Saranac lake is famed as a health resort as well as a winter winter win win- ter and summer sports center Lures Coney Island Brighton and Manhattan Manhattan Man Man- hattan beaches and Long island with its Riis park Rockaway Long Longbeach Longbeach Longbeach beach and Jones beach provide a playground for the great metropolitan tan are areas s. s Southampton is the scene of a noted society colony and Staten island has a number of resorts resorts' And theres there's still New ew York City with its universities its cathedrals museums libraries subways bridges parks and driveways one driveways one of th the great wonders of the modern mod ern world Yes New York state has so many firsts they cant can't be counted It is rural it is metropolitan And always always al al- al ways it is refreshing in its variety of pursuits pleasures recreational advantages and unusual natural natura beauty |