New York Towns

Plattsburgh is 20 miles from the Canadian border. Can you tell?

The Beekman Arms has been operating as an inn since 1766. Rhinebeck is located on the east bank of the Hudson River, opposite Kingston.

Anglers fishing the nearby Beaverkill and Willowemoc often use Roscoe as their base of operations.

Now a popular tourist destination, Saranac Lake is world-renowned for its facilities for the treatment of tuberculosis. Robert Louis Stevenson was a patient here; the cottage where he lived is open to the public.

The Battle of Saratoga is considered the turning point of the American Revolution, when the British plan for a three-pronged attack converging on Albany, designed to split New England from the rest of the colonies, was thwarted.

During the 19th century, Saratoga Springs was a watering hole for society and the wealthy, as well as a health resort. Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, J.P. Morgan, Lilly Langtry and numerous Rockefellers and Vanderbilts were among those who flocked here for horse racing, gambling and general conviviality.

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