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International Business Machines promotional film for
Ulster County, New York, to encourage potential
IBM employees to want to move to the area.
Public domain film from the
Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_County,_New_York
Ulster County is a county located in the state of
New York, USA. It sits in the state's
Mid-Hudson Region of the
Hudson Valley. In the 2010, the population was 182,493. The county seat is the city of
Kingston. A part of the
New York metropolitan area, the county is named for the
Irish province of
Ulster...
The area of present day Ulster County was called Esopus by the
Dutch settlers: it was then part of the
New Netherland Colony. In 1652
Thomas Chambers, a freeholder from Rensselearwyck, purchased land at Esopus and began trading there. In 1654
Johan de Hulter, owner of 20% of the
Killian van Rensselaer Company was granted a patent,together with the patents of
Christoffel Davids, and
Jacob Jansen Stoll, this supplies evidence of the first permanent settlement, that grows into the village of Wiltwijck, later: Kingston. In 1683, the
Duke of York created twelve counties in his province. Ulster County was one of them. Its boundaries at that time included the present
Sullivan County, and portions of the present
Delaware,
Orange, and Greene
Counties.
In 1777, the capital of
New York State (the first state capital of independent
New York) was established at Kingston, though it was subsequently moved to
Kerhonkson[1] when the
British burned that city.
In 1797, portions of Otsego and Ulster Counties were split off to create
Delaware County.
In 1798, the southernmost towns in Ulster County were moved into
Orange County, to compensate Orange for breaking away the southernmost portion of that county in order to form
Rockland County.
In 1800, portions of
Albany and Ulster Counties were split off to create
Greene County.
In 1809, Sullivan County was split off from Ulster County.
During the
American Civil War volunteers were recruited from the more affluent families of the
County to form the 139th New York
Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Geography
Ulster County is in the southeast part of New York State, south of Albany, immediately west of the
Hudson River. Much of the county is within the
Catskill Mountains and the
Shawangunk Ridge. Ulster County has
Minnewaska State Park,
Mohonk Preserve,
Sundown State Park, VerNooykill
State Forest,
Witches Hole State Forest, and Shawangunk Ridge State Forest and
Sam's Point Preserve, which includes rare dwarf pine trees and
VerKeerderkill falls.
The highest
point is
Slide Mountain, at approximately 4,
180 feet (1,270 m) above sea level. The lowest point is sea level along the Hudson River.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,161 square miles (3,
010 km2), of which, 1,126 square miles (2,920 km2) of it is land and 34 square miles (88 km2) of it is water. The total area is 2.95% water.
The New York State Thruway
Interstate 87 runs north--south through the county, carrying traffic to and from
New York City and its surroundings...
As of the census of 2009, there were
181,
440 people, 67,499 households, and 43,536 families residing in the county. The population density was
158 people per square mile (61/km²). There were 77,656 housing units at an average density of 69 per square mile (27/km²). The racial makeup of the county, as of 2008, was 83.2%
White, 6
.50%
Black or
African American, 0.3%
Native American, 1.7%
Asian, 0.03%
Pacific Islander, 2.15% from other races, and 1.70% from two or more races. 7.6% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race. 19.2% were of
Italian, 16.8%
Irish, 15.5%
German, 6.8%
English, and 4.7%
American ancestry according to
Census 2000. 90.3% spoke English,
4.5%
Spanish,
1.2% Italian, and
1.0% German as their first language...
The median income for a household in the county was $42,551, and the median income for a family was $51,
708.
Males had a median income of $36,
808 versus $27,086 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,846. About 7.20% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.00% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over...
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