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Oneida County, New York

Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region. Oneida County is part of the Utica-Rome, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Located at 43.24, -75.44 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Oneida County, New York, Utica–Rome metropolitan area, 1798 establishments in the United States, Populated places established in 1798

Woodstock 1999

Woodstock 1999, also called Woodstock 99, performed July 22–25, 1999, was the second large-scale music festival that attempted to emulate the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. Like the previous Woodstock festivals it was performed in upstate New York, this time in Rome, New York, around 200 miles from the site of the original event. Approximately 200,000 people attended the festival.

Located at 43.2308, -75.4096 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Music festivals in the United States, Riots and civil disorder in the United States, 1999 in New York, 1999 riots, New York crime history, 1999 in music, Music riots, Rome, New York

Rome Laboratory

The Rome Laboratory, formerly known as the Rome Air Development Center, is one of eight research and development labs run by the US Air Force located at Griffiss AFB in Rome, NY. One of four superlabs run by the Air Force, the Rome Lab is tasked with generic research, as opposed to having a specific area of study. Over the years since it was founded, the Rome Lab has made major contributions to computing, command and control automation, and pure engineering.

Located at 43.2308, -75.4096 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Facilities of the United States Air Force, Rome, New York, Research and development organizations, Initial United States Air Force installations, Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York

Griffiss Air Force Base

Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force installation, located in Rome, New York, about 15 miles NW of Utica in central New York state. Missions at Griffiss AFB included fighter interceptors, electronic research, installation, and support activities, aerial refueling, and bombers. Opened in 1942, the base closed in 1995 and its airfield is now Griffiss International Airport, owned by Oneida County.

Located at 43.2308, -75.4096 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1942 establishments in New York, Strategic Air Command military installations, Closed facilities of the United States Air Force, Oneida County, New York, Military Superfund sites, Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command, Superfund sites in New York, Rome, New York

Rome Catholic School (Rome, New York)

Rome Catholic School is a private, tuition funded, co-education school in Rome, New York. Rome Catholic School provides education, based in Roman Catholicism, to students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. It is within the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.

Located at 43.2385, -75.4529 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Catholic secondary schools in New York, Educational institutions established in 1963, Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, Schools in Oneida County, New York, Private middle schools in New York, Private elementary schools in New York, Rome, New York

Griffiss International Airport

Griffiss International Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Rome, a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. This airport is publicly owned by County of Oneida. It is located on the former site of Griffiss Air Force Base, which closed in 1995. Operations from the Oneida County Airport in Oriskany, New York were transferred here in 2006, after which the county closed that airport in January 2007.

Located at 43.2339, -75.4069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Airports in New York, Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York, Transportation in Rome, New York

Beecher's Trilobite Bed

Beecher's Trilobite Bed is a Konservat-Lagerstätte of Late Ordovician (Caradoc) age located within the Frankfort Shale in Cleveland's Glen, Oneida County, New York, USA. Only 3-4 centimeters thick, Beecher's Trilobite Bed has yielded numerous exceptionally preserved trilobites with the ventral anatomy and soft tissue intact, the soft tissue preserved by pyrite replacement. Pyritisation allows the use of X-rays to study fine detail of preserved soft body parts still within the host rock.

Located at 43.2533, -75.4083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Paleontological sites of North America, Ordovician paleontological sites, Trilobites, Lagerstätten, Geology of New York

Joint Surveillance System

The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It replaced the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system in 1983.

Located at 43.2167, -75.4058 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ground radars, Military radars of the United States, Military electronics of the United States, Equipment of the United States Air Force, Aviation in the United States, Air traffic control in North America, Radar networks