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Taughannock Falls State Park
Taughannock Falls State Park () is located in the Town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York, in the United States. The park is northwest of Ithaca near Trumansburg, New York.
The park's namesake, Taughannock Falls, is a plunge waterfall that is the highest single-drop waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.
==History==
The region surrounding Taughannock Falls State Park was home to the Cayuga people prior to their abandonment of the area following the American Revolutionary War. Taughannock Creek was used as a source of power for mills and a gun factory in the early 19th century. In the 1870s, steamboats, railroads and Victorian hotels were built in the region to serve tourists who traveled to view the falls.〔
Taughannock Falls State Park was created in 1925 on a parcel of land acquired by New York State.〔 Roads and trails at the park were substantially improved by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. The park has since grown to its current size of .〔
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