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=== History === | === History === | ||
The '''Minsi Path''', also known in part as the '''''Bethlehem Pike''''', ran about 187 miles (301 kilometers) from '''[[Kingston, New York]]''' to '''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]'''.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 850-51. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry]; {{ | The '''Minsi Path''', also known in part as the '''''Bethlehem Pike''''', ran about 187 miles (301 kilometers) from '''[[Kingston, New York]]''' to '''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]'''.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 850-51. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry]; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> The Ancient Indian trail was named after the Minsi Indians. Pioneers used this route by 1766 to go from New England and New York to Pennsylvania, and vise versa. The '''''Minsi Path ''''' was a pioneer connection from the [[Ulster and Delaware Turnpike]] in New York to the [[Great Valley Road]] in Pennsylvania. | ||
[[Image:Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths and Minsi Path map.png|center|638px|Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths and Minsi Path map.png]] | [[Image:Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths and Minsi Path map.png|center|638px|Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths and Minsi Path map.png]] | ||
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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
The '''Minsi Path''' connected '''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]''' to '''[[Kingston, New York]]''' through the following places:<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 851. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry]; {{ | The '''Minsi Path''' connected '''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]''' to '''[[Kingston, New York]]''' through the following places:<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 851. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry]; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> | ||
*'''[[Kingston, New York]]''' including the [[Ulster and Delaware Turnpike]], Hudson River, and [[Albany Post Road]]. | *'''[[Kingston, New York]]''' including the [[Ulster and Delaware Turnpike]], Hudson River, and [[Albany Post Road]]. | ||
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