Portal:Capital District

Capital District of New York Portal a portal for Wikipedia's resources on New York's Capital District.

New York Finger Lakes Hudson Valley

New York City Massachusetts Vermont

Geography Technology All portals

The Capital District is a region in upstate New York that generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of the state: Albany County, Schenectady County, Rensselaer County, and Saratoga County. Often the other counties of the Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam Combined Statistical Area and Greene County are included, especially for economic and demographic compilations and regional planning. The Capital District is notable for many historical and industrial events. The Battle of Saratoga and the Albany Plan of Union are two historical events from before American independence which are now considered of national and sometimes also of international importance. Many multinational corporations were founded in the Capital District including New York Central Railroad, American Express, General Electric, American Locomotive Company, and International Paper. The Capital District was first settled by the Dutch in the early 1600s and came under British control in 1664. Albany has been the permanent capital of the state of New York since 1797. Read more... Oakwood Cemetery is a nonsectarian rural cemetery in northeastern Troy, New York, United States. It operates under the direction of the Troy Cemetery Association, a non-profit board of directors that deals strictly with the operation of the cemetery. It was established in 1848 in response to the growing rural cemetery movement in New England and went into service in 1850. The cemetery was designed by architect John C. Sidney and underwent its greatest development in the late 19th century under superintendent John Boetcher, who incorporated rare foliage and a clear landscape design strategy. Oakwood was the fourth rural cemetery opened in New York and its governing body was the first rural cemetery association created in the state. It features four man-made lakes, two residential structures, a chapel, a crematorium, 24 mausolea, and about 60,000 graves, and has about 29 miles (47 km) of roads. It is known for its dense foliage and rolling lawns, and has historically been used as a public park by Lansingburgh. Lansingburgh is the northern section of Troy, though it progressed separately from Troy. It became a village in 1790 and was annexed as part of the city of Troy in 1900. and Troy residents. Oakwood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Prominent Americans such as Uncle Sam Wilson, Russell Sage, and Emma Willard, at least fourteen members of the United States House of Representatives, and the founders of both Troy and Lansingburgh are buried at Oakwood. The cemetery has been said to be "one of New York State's most distinguished and well-preserved nineteenth-century rural cemeteries." It also offers a famous panoramic view of the Hudson River Valley that is said to be the "most concentrated and complete overview of American history anywhere in America". Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, a $220 million multi-venue arts center opened in 2009 WikiProjects are organized groups of editors working towards improving articles on a particular topic. General: Capital District • New York • New York State Routes • Hudson Valley Template:/box-header {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Capital District/Goals}} Template:/box-footer Joseph H. Allen (September 5, 1821 – April 24, 1884) was an industrial businessman, an officer in the Civil War, and a town supervisor of Brunswick, New York. Allen was born in Alburg, Vermont, to parents of British descent and left home at an early age. After several business ventures, he became successful in the auger and hoe business, selling mainly to the American South. He successfully ran for supervisor of the Town of Brunswick in 1856 and justice of the peace in 1861. At the beginning of the Civil War, his sales plummeted so he closed his business and enlisted in the Union Army. Allen was wounded multiple times during his service and ended his career at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He returned home to reopen his factory, which was instrumental to the industrial success of the hamlet of Eagle Mills in the mid to late 19th century. He died in 1884 at the age of 62. New York New York City Finger Lakes Hudson Valley ▼ Capital District, New York ► Albany County, New York ► Columbia County, New York ► Education in New York's Capital District ► Fulton County, New York ► Greene County, New York ► Montgomery County, New York ► People from Capital District, New York ► Rensselaer County, New York ► Saratoga County, New York ► Schenectady County, New York ► Schoharie County, New York ► Transportation in New York's Capital District ► Warren County, New York ► Washington County, New York Featured content Fort Ticonderoga • New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009 • New York State Route 22 • New York State Route 28 • New York State Route 28N • New York State Route 32 • Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) • List of highways in Warren County, New York Good articles 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak • Albany, New York • Albany City Hall • Albany Pine Bush • Battle of Bennington • Battles of Saratoga • Central Troy Historic District • Coat of arms of Albany, New York • Dongan Charter • Joseph H. Allen • Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant) • New York State Route 8 • New York State Route 9L • New York State Route 9N • New York State Route 32B • New York State Route 149 • New York State Route 254 • New York State Route 418 • Port of Albany-Rensselaer • Saratoga campaign • U.S. Route 4 in New York • Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York) Panorama of Lansingburgh (part of the city of Troy), New York, United States, taken from Oakwood Cemetery Panorama of Lansingburgh (part of the city of Troy), New York, United States, taken from Oakwood Cemetery Nassau, Bahamas Nijmegen, Netherlands Quebec City, Canada Tula, Russia Verona, Italy Saga City, Japan Chekhov, Russia Vichy, France Nijkerk, Netherlands x75px Sister cities of Albany Sister city of Glens Falls Sister cities of Saratoga Springs Sister city of Schenectady Template:/box-header The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: What are portals? List of portals Featured portals