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- Hoaxes_and_legends_of_upstate_New_York abstract "Hoaxes and legends have played a significant role in the history of upstate New York. The Cardiff Giant, for example, attracted such attention from the public and from writers such as Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum that P. T. Barnum made a copy which toured the country with his circus. The fame of the Fox sisters' seances helped to establish the 19th-century reputation of Central and Western New York as the "Burned-over district" as well as the American movement of Spiritualism (centered in Lily Dale) that taught communication with the dead.The Cardiff Giant, buried and "discovered" in the Onondaga County hamlet of CardiffChamp is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain. The village of Port Henry has erected a giant model of Champ and holds "Champ Day" on the first Saturday of every August.Eoörnis Pterovelox Gobiensis, a fictional bird.The Fox Sisters of Hydesville, in the Wayne County town of Arcadia, conducted the first table-rapping séances in the area.The Lake George Monster"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", a short story by Washington Irving, is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow.The original Tesla electric car was supposedly a Pierce-Arrow fitted with an electric motor by Nicola Tesla and tested in and around Buffalo in 1931.↑ ↑".
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- Hoaxes_and_legends_of_upstate_New_York comment "Hoaxes and legends have played a significant role in the history of upstate New York. The Cardiff Giant, for example, attracted such attention from the public and from writers such as Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum that P. T. Barnum made a copy which toured the country with his circus.".
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