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The counties along the Mohawk or Iroquois Trail route (southeast to northwest) were as follows: | The counties along the Mohawk or Iroquois Trail route (southeast to northwest) were as follows: | ||
{{Block indent|*[[Albany County, New York Genealogy|Albany County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Schenectady County, New York Genealogy|Schenectady County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Herkimer County, New York Genealogy|Herkimer County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Oneida County, New York Genealogy|Oneida County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Oswego County, New York Genealogy|Oswego County]]}} | |||
The Mohawk or Iroquois Trail had a '''''west fork''''' from Fort Schuyler (Utica) to Fort Niagara that partially overlapped the [[Great Genesee Road]]. Counties along the west fork of the Mohawk Trail route (east to west) were:<ref>"Great Genesee Road" in ''Handybook'', 849.</ref> | The Mohawk or Iroquois Trail had a '''''west fork''''' from Fort Schuyler (Utica) to Fort Niagara that partially overlapped the [[Great Genesee Road]]. Counties along the west fork of the Mohawk Trail route (east to west) were:<ref>"Great Genesee Road" in ''Handybook'', 849.</ref> | ||
{{Block indent|*[[Oneida County, New York Genealogy|Oneida County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Madison County, New York Genealogy|Madison County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Onondaga County, New York Genealogy|Onondaga County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Cayuga County, New York Genealogy|Cayuga County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Wayne County, New York Genealogy|Wayne County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Monroe County, New York Genealogy|Monroe County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Genesee County, New York Genealogy|Genesee County]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Niagara County, New York Genealogy|Niagara County]]}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Lincoln County, Ontario]], Canada, the trail continued westward in Canada following the base of the escarpment south of Lake Ontario}} | |||
'''Connecting trails.''' The Mohawk or Iroquois Trail linked to other trails at each end of the main trail, and each end of the west fork.<ref>''Handybook'', 847-54.</ref> | '''Connecting trails.''' The Mohawk or Iroquois Trail linked to other trails at each end of the main trail, and each end of the west fork.<ref>''Handybook'', 847-54.</ref> | ||
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The migration pathways connected at the southeast end of the '''Mohawk or Iroquois Trail''' in [[Albany, New York]] included: | The migration pathways connected at the southeast end of the '''Mohawk or Iroquois Trail''' in [[Albany, New York]] included: | ||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River Hudson River] a navigable river stretching from north of [[Albany, New York|Albany]] then flowing south to empty into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic Ocean] at [[New York City, New York|New York City]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Lake Champlain Trail]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River St. Lawrence River] via the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River Hudson River], [[Champlain Canal]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain], and in [[Quebec Genealogy|Quebec]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] (and [[Chambly Canal]]) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail|Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] 1722 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Rome, New York|Rome]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*with a Mohawk or Iroquois Trail west fork by 1758 from [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Niagara Fort Niagara] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*and that fork was partially overlapped in 1794 by the [[Great Genesee Road]] from [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Erie County, New York]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Forbidden Path]] (later Catskill Turnpike) a pre-historic Indian path from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie Lake Erie] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Old Connecticut Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] to [[Albany, New York|Albany]] with a fork from Springfield to [[Hartford, Connecticut]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Albany Post Road|Albany Post Road]] (or Queen's Road, or King's Road) 1669 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[New York City, New York|New York City]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Greenwood Road]] from [[Hartford, Connecticut]] to [[Albany, New York|Albany]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Champlain Canal]] 1819 connected the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River Hudson River] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain] (New York City to Montreal) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Erie Canal]] 1825 connected [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie Lake Erie] (New York City to the Great Lakes)}} | |||
The migration pathway connected at the northwest end of the '''Mohawk or Iroquois Trail''' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] included: | The migration pathway connected at the northwest end of the '''Mohawk or Iroquois Trail''' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] included: | ||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario] with connections to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Ontario Toronto, Ontario], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River St. Lawrence River] and the other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes Great Lakes] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail|Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] 1722 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Rome, New York|Rome]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario]}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''West Fork.''' The migration pathways connected at the east end of the '''Mohawk or Iroquois Trail''' (west fork) in [[Utica, New York|Utica]] included:}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail|Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] by 1758 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Niagara Fort Niagara] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Great Genesee Road|Great Genesee Road]] 1794 from [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Caledonia, New York|Caledonia]] and later [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Erie Canal]] 1825 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]|2}} | |||
{{Block indent|The migration pathways connected at the west end of the '''Mohawk or Iroquois Trail''' (west fork) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Niagara Fort Niagara] included:}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie Lake Erie] with connections to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], and [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_River Niagara River] with connections to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Niagara Fort Niagara], and [[Ontario Genealogy|Ontario]] in [[Canada Genealogy|Canada]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario] with connections to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Ontario Toronto, Ontario], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River St. Lawrence River] and the other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes Great Lakes] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail|Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] by 1758 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Niagara Fort Niagara] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Great Genesee Road|Great Genesee Road]] 1794 from [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Caledonia, New York|Caledonia]] and later [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Erie Canal]] 1825 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Shore Line Path]] from [[Buffalo, New York]] to [[Cleveland, Ohio]] |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|*pathways into [[Ontario Genealogy|Ontario]], Canada including the extension of the Great Trail westward along the south side of Lake Ontario|2}} | |||
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the Great Trail from Albany to Fort Oswego are: | '''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the Great Trail from Albany to Fort Oswego are: | ||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_5 New York State Route 5] from Albany to Deerfield (near Utica) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*New York State 49 from Deerfield (near Utica) to Rome }} | |||
{{Block indent|*where it becomes New York State 69 from Rome to Mexico }} | |||
{{Block indent|*turn west onto New York State 104 from Mexico to Oswego }} | |||
{{Block indent|*Massachusetts Route 2}} | |||
The modern roads that roughly match the '''''west fork''''' of the Great Trail to Fort Niagara are: | The modern roads that roughly match the '''''west fork''''' of the Great Trail to Fort Niagara are: | ||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_5 New York State Route 5] from Albany to two miles east of Sherrill, Oneida County }} | |||
{{Block indent|*two miles east of Sherrill turn northeast on New York State Route 31 from near Sherrill to the outskirts of Lockport, Niagara County }} | |||
{{Block indent|*at the outskirts of Lockport, turn northeast on Cold Springs Road which becomes Old Niagara Road which becomes Stone Road }} | |||
{{Block indent|*which merges into westbound New York State Route 93 from Lockport to Fort Niagara}} | |||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
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*[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/history/101.html History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925] focuses most on modern Mohawk Turnpike. | *[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/history/101.html History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925] focuses most on modern Mohawk Turnpike. | ||
{{Block indent|The Great Genesee Road partially overlaps the Mohawk or Iroquois Trail. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_5 New York State Route 5] Wikipedia's excellent brief history of New York roads, especially the Great Genesee Road. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tqpeiffer/genealogy/Documents/Ancestral%20Migration%20Archives/Migration%20Webpage%20Folder/%281%29%20NORTHEASTERN%20US%20ROUTES/Great%20Genesee%20Road.htm The Great Genesee Road] RootsWeb brief history and maps. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.co.seneca.ny.us/history/The%20Way%20West%20Through%20Northern%20Seneca%20County.pdf The Way West Through Northern Seneca County] good history of roads, canals, and railroads in Seneca County.}} | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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