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Stop 5: "The Old Turnpike"

Walk Back in Time by Christopher Boulton

May 20, 20185:32Society & Culture

Just ahead is Trapps Road, an automobile road that was laid down on top of a much older road called the Wawarsing-New Paltz Turnpike. The turnpike was originally built in 1856 as a toll route over the mountain between th...

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