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'''Toll roads.''' As traffic increased along a roadway American political leaders turned to toll roads (turnpikes) to raise money to improve, clear, and repair their local highways.<ref>Wood, 33-36.</ref> Toll revenue from stagecoaches, drovers, and other travelers was used to maintain the roadbeds and bridges, and, if there was enough left over (rarely happened), to pay a turnpike stockholder dividend. If turnpike revenue decreased too much, the roadway maintenance was typically turned over to the state, and the path was made a free public road. | '''Toll roads.''' As traffic increased along a roadway American political leaders turned to toll roads (turnpikes) to raise money to improve, clear, and repair their local highways.<ref>Wood, 33-36.</ref> Toll revenue from stagecoaches, drovers, and other travelers was used to maintain the roadbeds and bridges, and, if there was enough left over (rarely happened), to pay a turnpike stockholder dividend. If turnpike revenue decreased too much, the roadway maintenance was typically turned over to the state, and the path was made a free public road. | ||
The '''[[Catskill Turnpike]]''' was a | The '''[[Catskill Turnpike]]''' was a gateway route into central New York when it opened from Catskill to Unadilla in 1804. Moreover, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts all approved an important network of '''''feeder ''''' turnpike routes leading toward the Catskill Turnpike—which eventually became associated with the Catskill name. | ||
:*'''New York feeders''' | :*'''New York feeders''' | ||
::-'''''Salisbury Turnpike ''''' from the '''''Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike''''' on the Connecticut border to the Hudson River at ______. Charged tolls from ____ to _____. | ::- '''''Salisbury Turnpike ''''' from the '''''Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike''''' on the Connecticut border to the Hudson River at ______. Charged tolls from ____ to _____. | ||
::-'''''Ancram Turnpike ''''' from the '''''Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike ''''' on the Connecticut border to the Hudson River at ______. Charged tolls from ____ to _____. | ::- '''''Ancram Turnpike ''''' from the '''''Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike ''''' on the Connecticut border to the Hudson River at ______. Charged tolls from ____ to _____. | ||
::-'''''Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike ''''' from the Alford and | ::- '''''Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike ''''' from the Alford and<br><br> | ||
*'''Connecticut feeders''' | :*'''Connecticut feeders''' | ||
::- '''''Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike ''''' from the Ancram Turnpike on the New York border to Canaan, Connecticut. Charged tolls from ___ to ___.<br><br> | |||
:*'''Massachusetts feeders''' | :*'''Massachusetts feeders''' | ||
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<br> Two of the New York feeders came from the '''''Connecticut ''''' border (the Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike) to the Hudson River: (1) '''''Salisbury Turnpike ''''' (via nearby Gallatin), and (2) the '''''Ancram Turnpike.<ref>Isaac Huntting, ''History of the Little Nine Partners of North East Precinct and Pine Plains, New York, Dutchess County'' (Amenia, NY: Chas. Walsh, 1897), 99-101. [[http://books.google.com/books?id=hJwvAAAAYAAJ&amp;ampdq=History%20of%20the%20Little%20Nine%20Partners&amp;amp;source=gbs_similarbooks Google Book edition]]</ref> In'''''Connecticut '''''the Ancram''''' | <br> Two of the New York feeders came from the '''''Connecticut ''''' border (the Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike) to the Hudson River: (1) '''''Salisbury Turnpike ''''' (via nearby Gallatin), and (2) the '''''Ancram Turnpike.<ref>Isaac Huntting, ''History of the Little Nine Partners of North East Precinct and Pine Plains, New York, Dutchess County'' (Amenia, NY: Chas. Walsh, 1897), 99-101. [[http://books.google.com/books?id=hJwvAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;ampdq=History%20of%20the%20Little%20Nine%20Partners&amp;amp;amp;source=gbs_similarbooks Google Book edition]]</ref> In'''''Connecticut '''''the Ancram''''' | ||
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