New York State Route 28N (NY 28N) is an east–west state highway in
the North Country of New York in the United States. It extends for 50.95
miles (82.00 km) through the Adirondack Mountains from Blue Mountain
Lake to North Creek. The route is a northerly alternate route to NY 28
between both locations and passes through several communities that
NY 28 bypasses. The westernmost 10 miles (16 km) of NY 28N overlap
with NY 30 through the town of Long Lake. The rest of NY 28N is
designated as the Roosevelt–Marcy Trail, a scenic byway marking the
path taken in 1901 by U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt from Mount
Marcy to reach North Creek after he learned that President William
McKinley had been assassinated. The route has a rather scant history
before its designations. It originated as a highway from Warren County
to Long Lake. It was used for transportation in the iron ore industry in
Newcomb, and for the lumber industry in Minerva. The state gained
control of the road in 1909. The NY 28N designation was assigned as
part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York,
incorporating part of the former NY 10.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_28N>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
835:
In the Sweet Dew Incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty
conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot
was foiled.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dew_Incident>
1819:
Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state, after the
statehood of present-day Northern Alabama was delayed for several years
by the lack of a coastline until Mobile was captured from Spain during
the War of 1812.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama>
1911:
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first
people to reach the South Pole (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition>
1963:
The dam holding the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles
failed, releasing a flood that destroyed 277 homes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Hills_Reservoir>
1999:
Torrential rains caused flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela,
resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands
of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargas_tragedy>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
instar:
1. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an
arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity:
the hopper was placed in a box in its first instar.
2. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages: first and second
instars of this species are more susceptible to H. bacteriophora than
later instars.
3. A stage in development: "photographs of the landlady’s children in all
their instars" (Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/instar>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Some say the Gods are just a myth but guess Who I've been dancing
with... The Great God Pan is alive!
--Mike Scott
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(musician)>