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The '''Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths''' were ancient American Indian trails running about 197 miles (317 kilometers) from '''[[Unadilla, New York|Unadilla]]''' (Wattle's Ferry) in central New York passing near Scranton, Pennsylvania to join the '''''[[Minsi Path]] | The '''Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths''' were ancient American Indian trails running about 197 miles (317 kilometers) from '''[[Unadilla, New York|Unadilla]]''' (Wattle's Ferry) in central New York passing near Scranton, Pennsylvania to join the '''''[[Minsi Path]] ''''' in Northampton County, Pennsylvania on its way to '''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]'''.<ref name="HBG">''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> By 1766 pioneers had used this route and the associated [[Minsi Path]] to reach central New York from Pennsylvania, and vise versa. The '''''Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths ''''' with the '''''Minsi Path ''''' were a pioneer connection from the [[Catskill Road]] in New York to the [[Great Valley Road]] in Pennsylvania. | ||
This is one of the main routes connecting New England and New York to Pennsylvania and the southern United States. An alternate route to the southern United States was the [[King's Highway]]. | This is one of the main routes connecting New England and New York to Pennsylvania and the southern United States. An alternate route to the southern United States was the [[King's Highway]]. | ||
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'''Pre-turnpike era.''' New England residents gradually began moving into central New York on foot or horseback by 1753. In 1790 the opening of the Military Tract in modern Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, and Seneca counties began attracting Revolutionary War veterans, their families, and other New Englanders and Pennsylvanians into central New York. In 1792 a mail route (and probably a stage line) was established on the Catskill Road.<ref>Almyra E. Morgan, ''The Catskill Turnpike: a Wilderness Path'' (Ithaca, NY : DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1971), 2-3. Tompkins County Public Library [http://tcpl.org/local-history/documents/nys-cny/Catskill_Turnpike.pdf digital pdf copy]; {{WorldCat|63600251|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.</ref> The Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths route was already a pioneer pathway, and probably was a wagon road before that mail service was started just to the north. | '''Pre-turnpike era.''' New England residents gradually began moving into central New York on foot or horseback by 1753. In 1790 the opening of the Military Tract in modern Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, and Seneca counties began attracting Revolutionary War veterans, their families, and other New Englanders and Pennsylvanians into central New York. In 1792 a mail route (and probably a stage line) was established on the Catskill Road.<ref>Almyra E. Morgan, ''The Catskill Turnpike: a Wilderness Path'' (Ithaca, NY : DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1971), 2-3. Tompkins County Public Library [http://tcpl.org/local-history/documents/nys-cny/Catskill_Turnpike.pdf digital pdf copy]; {{WorldCat|63600251|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.</ref> The Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths route was already a pioneer pathway, and probably was a wagon road before that mail service was started just to the north. | ||
'''Stages.''' Stagecoaches generally began regular transport of mail and passengers on long trips in the American colonies in the 1760s.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, "The Twelfth Massachusetts Turnpike" in ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 26-27. [https://archive.org/stream/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich#page/79/mode/1up Internet Archive version online].</ref> They made regular trips between '''''stages | '''Stages.''' Stagecoaches generally began regular transport of mail and passengers on long trips in the American colonies in the 1760s.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, "The Twelfth Massachusetts Turnpike" in ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 26-27. [https://archive.org/stream/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich#page/79/mode/1up Internet Archive version online].</ref> They made regular trips between '''''stages ''''' or stations where travelers were provided food and rest.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach Stagecoach] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 30 October 2014).</ref> Where available, stagecoaches became a preferred way for settlers to travel to a new home. | ||
'''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. | ||
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*'''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]''' | *'''[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]''' | ||
'''Connecting routes.''' The '''''Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths | '''Connecting routes.''' The '''''Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths ''''' connected with several other migration routes: | ||
'''''Unadilla and Bainbridge connections:''''' | '''''Unadilla and Bainbridge connections:''''' | ||
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