Colonial Forts in New York: Fort Ticonderoga, Wall Street, Fort Orange, Fort William Henry, Fort Niagara, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Frederick

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Fort Ticonderoga, Wall Street, Fort Orange, Fort William Henry, Fort Niagara, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Frederick, Fort Stanwix, Fort Carillon, Fort Crown Point, Fort Nassau, Fort Ontario, Fort St. Frederic, Fort Oswego, Rogers Island, Fort de La Presentation, Fort Brewerton, Fort Conti, Fort Herkimer, Fort Hunter, New York, Fort Schlosser, Fort George, New York, Fort Denonville, Fort Brooklyn, Fort Levis, Fort Bull. Excerpt: Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or signifying New York-based financial interests. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including NASDAQ, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange. Anchored by Wall Street, New York City is one of the world's principal financial centers. The original city map called the Castello Plan from 1660, showing the wall on the right side Depiction of the wall of New Amsterdam on a tile in Wall Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) subway station Wall Street in 1797 Conjectural view of Wall Street, as it probably looked at the time of Washington's 1789 inauguration 1847 map showing the street layout and ferry routes for lower Manhattan. View of Wall Street from corner of Broad Street, 1867: The building on the left was the U.S. Customs House. Today it's the home of the Federal Hall National Memorial. Lower Manhattan around 1914. Wall Street in the stock market crash of 1929 There are varying ...