The Iroquois/Mohawk Trail - Seneca Falls, New York - Ancient Traces and Roads on Waymarking.com

(infomation taken from: "freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com") The Mohawk Trail of New York, also known as the Iroquois Trail, extended from Albany west to the eastern end of Lake Erie, where Buffalo is now located. This was the most northerly route through the Appalachian Mountains, leading from New York's Hudson Valley along the Mohawk River on to the Great Lakes. It was used heavily by New York's early emigrants and was much involved with the state's early history. Today's maps show the travel route as the New York Thruway (I-90) from Albany west. From about 1680 the French-Iroquois Country was a major stronghold. A wagon trail reached from Albany to Lake Erie after the French and Indian War and became a part of the route followed by Loyalists into Upper Canada, later to become Ontario. The Mohawk Turnpike opened as far as Utica by 1793. In the 1820s this route became that of the Erie Canal, and in 1845 it became the route of the New York Central Railroad.

Feature Discription: Rock and Plaque placed near the Erie Canal in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Web address for the route: [Web Link] Beginning of the road: Trail began at what is present day Albany, New York End of the road: Trail ended at Lake Erie, near present day Buffalo, New York Secondary Web Address: Not listed

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