Route 20 Coast to Coast

Like those old interstate highways? Me too, and here's a description of one of them, Route 20, back in its heyday, drawn from those wonderful 1930s Federal Writer's Project guides to the states.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Albany to Sangerfield cont.

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At 28.7 m., in the Schoharie Valley, is the junction with State 30 (see Tour 24). In 1806 General William North started to develop Esperance...
Friday, June 15, 2007

Albany to Sangerfield cont.

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US 20 continues to Duanesburg , 21.9 m. (197 pop.), named for James Duane (1733-97), jurist, land speculator, and mayor of Manhattan 1784-9....
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

An photo tip from TheOldLibrarian

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As an aside, if you're looking for photographs of historic buildings along US 20 (or other places as well,) try using the Historic Ameri...

Albany to Sangerfield cont.

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In Guilderland , 9.4 m. (225 pop.), is (R) the Schoolcraft House (private), an excellent example of the mid-nineteenth century fad, the Go...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Section b. Albany to Sangerfield; 93 m. US 20

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West of Albany US 20 follows roughly the old woods-roads andIndian trails over which the Tory and Indian raiders struck eastward during the ...

Albany NY cont.

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(More excerpts from the Albany city section in the guide - TheOldLibrarian.) The diminutive DeWitt Clinton made the first trip over the Mo...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Albany NY

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(The OldLibrarian: the tour passes over Albany itself, what follows is a very abbreviated version of the entry for Albany in the cities sect...
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