Milestones in history

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The Dutch in New Amsterdam created a post road, the foundation of which were trails used by the Wappinger and Wiccoppe indigenous people. A ...

After the takeover by the British, it became the Queen's Road during the reign of Queen Anne and later, the King's Road during the reigns of...

The first settler was John Rodgers, whose log homestead served as a tavern and inn throughout the French and Indian Wars of 1750.  The site ...

Benjamin Franklin, the first Deputy Postmaster General, had milestones placed, first in Manhattan and farther north after 1798.

The provisional assembly enacted a statute to carry mail from New York to Albany by postal rider.