About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 205. Chapters: Albany, New York, Bratislava, Youngstown, Ohio, Wilmington, Delaware, Barrington, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois, Medford, Oregon, Streator, Illinois, Columbia, Missouri, Porto, Peoria, Illinois, Ko ice, Rockford, Illinois, Coimbra Municipality, Lincolnshire, Illinois, Sintra Municipality, Banska Bystrica, Aurora, Illinois, Bloomington, Illinois, Minden, Louisiana, Barlow, Pennsylvania, Bethany Beach, Delaware, Angra do Heroismo, eska Lipa, Naperville, Illinois, Chaves Municipality, Portugal, Cairo, Illinois, Terra Cha. Excerpt: Albany, New York - a: lang(ar), a: lang(ckb), a: lang(fa), a: lang(kk-arab), a: lang(mzn), a: lang(ps), a: lang(ur)/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:7: d11e4771671c2d6cdedf7c90d8131cd5 */ The Dongan Charter legally established Albany as a city in 1686; it is the oldest United States city charter still in effect. A view of North Pearl Street near State Street as it appeared around the turn of the 19th centuryAlbany is one of the oldest surviving European settlements from the original thirteen colonies and the longest continuously chartered city in the United States. The area was originally inhabited by Algonquian Indian tribes and was given different names by the various peoples. The Mohican called it Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw, meaning "the fireplace of the Mohican nation," while the Iroquois called it Sche-negh-ta-da, or "through the pine woods." Albany's first European structure was a primitive fort on Castle Island built by French traders in 1540. It was destroyed by flooding soon after construction. Permanent European claims began when Englishman Henry Hudson, exploring for the Dutch East India Company on the Half Moon (Dutch: ), reached the area in 1609, claiming it for the United Netherlands. In 1614, Hendrick Christiaensen rebuilt the French fort as Fort Nassau, the...
