Follow up from the July 28, 2012 blog entry from the May 28, 2012, Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard "War of 1812 landmarks in Central New York."
From Wikipedia.
I'd never heard of the Seneca Turnpike so it was time to find out something about it. This would also be a thing of interest from my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.
The Seneca Turnpike is New York StateRoad 5 (NY-5) which runs 370.87 miles across the state, passing through Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectudy and smaller towns to Albany. It overlaps US-20 twice.
After the American Revolution in 1783, there was a surge of westward migration into Central and Western New York. By the late 1780s, because the only way there was trails or water, there was a big clamor to build a main road westward from Utica.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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