Michael

Distination Research Summary

The state that my gnome went to is New York. The Governor of New York is David Paterson. New York will be electing a new governor in January of 2011. David Paterson is the first African American governor of New York and the second legally blind governor in of any U.S. state. The two senators from New York are Charles E. Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand. There are 29 U.S. Representatives from New York. In 2005 the population of New York State was 19,254,630. The 2010 census had not been completed.

New York has many dairy farms and other farms that produce livestock, vegetables and apple orchards. New York makes most of its money by tourism. Many people come to New York to visit the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and Times Square. One of the major landforms in New York is mountains. Some of the largest mountains in New York are the Catskill, Adirondack and Allegheny Mountains. Three types of natural resources are water, oil and sun.

Biographical sketch

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882. FDR was President of the United States from 1901-1909. In 1905 Franklin married his cousin, Eleanor. Like her husband, Eleanor was a Democrat and took a strong interest in politics. In the summer of 1921, FDR became seriously ill. He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis (polio). He was almost totally paralyzed and never regained full use of his legs. Although confined to a wheelchair, Roosevelt returned to politics in 1928 to help his friend, Alfred Smith, in his unsuccessful attempt to beat Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. In 1929, FDR was elected Governor of New York. He died on April 12, 1945.

Personal Reflections:

Last Christmas I visited New York City with my family. We went to Times Square, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the ESPN Zone. We saw the Empire State Building, Central Park and Radio City Music Hall. We also rode on the cable car that was used in the Spiderman movies.

I think the most interesting that I learned was that the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1972.