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Exploring the capital region is like walking through a lesson in U.S. history. It was in this geographically diverse swath of land that the Iroquois Indians traded furs. In the 1600s the region was the destination of Dutch settlers who sailed here to stake out what eventually would become some of the oldest cities in the country. And this is also where the British forces were defeated in a defining moment of the American Revolution. In 1797, Albany was chosen as the state capital.
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