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  2. Astoria, Queens - Wikipedia

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    Detail of 1896 map of Long Island City, showing Astoria and Ravenswood, from the Greater Astoria Historical Society There is some debate as to what constitutes the geographic boundaries of Astoria. The neighborhood was part of Long Island City prior to the latter's incorporation into the City of Greater New York in 1898.

  3. Greater Astoria Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS) is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including the Village of Astoria, Blissville, Bowery Bay, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood ...

  4. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Society's former collection consisted of more than 80,000 books, some 40,000 manuscripts, and over 25,000 microforms and computer media. The library's major focus was New York State genealogy and local history. For New York's colonial period, the library's resources were unparalleled.

  5. List of historical societies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    New Mexico History Museum: New York: New-York Historical Society: New York State Museum: North Carolina: North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office: North Carolina Museum of History: North Dakota: State Historical Society of North Dakota: North Dakota Heritage Center: Ohio: Ohio History Connection: Ohio History Center: Oklahoma: Oklahoma ...

  6. Sunswick Creek - Wikipedia

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    Sunswick Creek is a buried stream located in Astoria and Long Island City, in the northwestern portion of Queens in New York City. It originated to the north of Queensboro Bridge and Queens Plaza in Long Island City, flowing north to the present-day site of the Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria, and emptying into the East River.

  7. Timeline of Queens - Wikipedia

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    New York City Guide. American Guide Series. New York: Random House. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008975883 – via HathiTrust. Mary A. Glascock. An Annotated Bibliography of the History of Queens County, New York (Queens College, 1977) 218 pages; Janet E. Lieberman and Richard K. Lieberman. City Limits: A Social History of Queens (Kendall/Hunt Publishing ...

  8. The Hornbook of Virginia History - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Virginia has described the Hornbook as the "definitive, handy reference guide to Virginia's history and culture." [1] [3] The first edition of the book was published in 1949 by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History and Archaeology, with subsequent editions in 1965, 1983, and 1994. [2]

  9. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.

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