Stagecoach Days
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The old Tollgate
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The tollgate lightened a traveler's pocket by a few cents every 10 miles. The term "turnpike" is derived from the simple pol...
Getting the "drift" of Winter Travel
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Turnpike Corporations in New York State
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"Here's mud in your eye" - No paved roads in those days! Name of Turnpike Charter Date Length (where known) Locat...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Old time advertisement
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Rochester Album September 5, 1826
Save the Mileposts!
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Oswego Palladium Times March 28, 1931 Oswego, N.Y., March 27, 1931 Editor, Palladium-Times ...
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Some of the Old Stage Drivers
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Catskill Examiner June 17, 1917 Of course none of us remember back to the time when the first stagecoach ran between Catskill and Otse...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Plank Roads
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Madison Observer, Morrisville Oct. 31, 1848 Success of Plank Roads. - The people of this section are now reaping the benefit of the pl...
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