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Hidden History of the Mid-Hudson Valley

Stories from the Albany Post Road

By: Carney Rhinevault,Tatiana Rhinevault

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Hidden History of the Mid-Hudson Valley

Stories from the Albany Post Road

By: Carney Rhinevault,Tatiana Rhinevault

The Albany Post Road was the vital artery between New York City and the state capital in Albany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It saw a host of interesting events and colorful characters, though these unusual and extraordinary stories, as well as their connection to the thoroughfare, are oft forgotten. Revolutionary War spies marched this path, and anti-rent wars rocked Columbia County. Underground Railroad safe houses in nearby towns like Rhinebeck and Fishkill sheltered slaves seeking freedom in Canada, and Frank Teal's Dutchess County murder remains unsolved. With illustrations by Tatiana Rhinevault, local historian Carney Rhinevault presents these and other hidden stories from the Albany Post Road in New York's mid-Hudson Valley.

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Arcadia Publishing

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ISBN 10

1625841000

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9781625841001

Hidden History of the Lower Hudson Valley

Stories from the Albany Post Road

By: Carney Rhinevault,Tatiana Rhinevault

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Hidden History of the Lower Hudson Valley

Stories from the Albany Post Road

By: Carney Rhinevault,Tatiana Rhinevault

Today's travelers between New York City and Albany are more familiar with the Thruway than with the old Albany Post Road. But for centuries, this was the main highway between the Big Apple and the capital, and many exciting events occurred along its path in the Lower Hudson Valley. The Dutch Philipse family of Sleepy Hollow engaged in piracy, and tales of such misdeeds from the region inspired Washington Irving to write some of his most beloved stories. Later, prisoners used the road as an escape route from the original Sing Sing prison. During Prohibition, a "beer hose" ran through Yonkers, allegedly placed along the route by beer baron Dutch Schultz. With illustrations by Tatiana Rhinevault, local historian Carney Rhinevault uncovers the stories hidden behind the old mile markers of the Albany Post Road.

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