new york (state)

In the Catskill Mountains, farmer Rip Van Winkle meets a strange dwarf and a group of men playing ninepins. He drinks from their keg and falls into a deep sleep. When he awakens, everything is changed.

Traces the history of New York State from the first mapping of the area in 1524 by Negro navigator Estevan Gomez to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Discusses the history and geography of New York state and its largest city.

An account of the Revolutionary War campaign against the Iroquois Indians who were killing settlers and destroying homes in Pennsylvania and New York.

Provides an overview of New York's early explorers, discussing the impact they had on the state's settlement and expansion, their interactions with the region's Native American tribes, the most influential explorers, and other related topics.

Presents a collection of facts about colonial New York, examining the Native Americans, the settlers, daily life in the colony, and war. Features accessible text, illustrations, statistics, a list of resources and Internet links, a glossary, and an index.

Describes New York's location within the U.S., land, cities, and history, and presents brief profiles of famous citizens, a time line, the state flag, and a fact file that lists the state's nickname, motto, song, population, type of government, and official animal, bird, and flower.

Traces the history of the Dutch presence in North America, and provides information about seventeenth-century Dutch leader Peter Stuyvesant, a stern war hero who was sent in 1647 to establish order in New Netherland, a Dutch colony located at the site of modern-day New York.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.