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Title
Mile
marker
Creator
Scott
,
John
Description
1
mile
Marker
erected
by
Rockland
Co
.
Society
to
commemorate
the
opening
of the
Nyack
Turnpike
.
Between
Nyack
and
Suffern
. The
first
direct
highway
across
the
county
of
Rockland
and the
first
important
public
work
undertaken
by
private
enterprise
. The
Nyack
Turnpike
company
was
incorporated
by
act
of the
New
York
Legislature
on
April
17
,
1816
.
When
a
new
charter
was
granted
April
20
in
1830
the
following
men
, the
protectors
and
founders
of The
Nyack
Turnpike
, were
appointed
trustees
.
Tunis
Smith
,
John
Green
,
Peter
Smith
,
Lucas
Acker
,
Edward
Suffern
,
Isaac
Lydecker
,
Jeremiah
H
.
Pearson
.
Under
this
charter
reviewed
in
1853
,
1876
, and
1888
the
Turnpike
was
maintained
as a
toll
road
until
1893
.
It
became
a
part
of the
county
road
system
in
1894
and was
designated
as a
state
highway
in
1911
. At this
place
the
modern
thoroughfare
follows
the
course
of an
Indian
pass
of
prehistoric
days
.
October
1924
.
Subject.TGM
Photographs
Milestones
Location
West Nyack - Rockland County - New York
Format.Original
photograph; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 inc. (10 x 6 cm.)
Resource Identifier
wny_110
Type
Still
Image
Relation
John
Scott
Collection
Publisher.Digital
Library Association of Rockland County
Date.Digital
2001-10-27
Format.Digital
image/jpeg
Holding Institution
West Nyack Library
Contact Information
65 Strawtown Rd.
West Nyack, N.Y. 10994
(845)358-6081
http://www.westnyacklib.org
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