1669 The Dutch in New Amsterdam created a post road, the foundaon of which were trails used by Wappinger/Wiccopee Indians. A postal service was established in 1671 and mail was carried on foot by tribal members along “The Path”.

1703 Aer the takeover by the Brish, The Path became the Queen’s Road during the reign of Queen Anne and, later, the King’s Road during the reigns of George I and II.

1730 The first seler on the old road was John Rodger, whose log homestead served as a tavern and inn throughout the French and Indian Wars of the 1750s. The site was probably the property now owned by the Saunders family. The road widened at this me to accommodate wagons and military supply vehicles.

1769 Benjamin Franklin, the first Deputy Postmaster General, had milestones placed, first in Manhaan and father north to Albany aer 1798.

1772 The provisional assembly enacted a statute to carry mail from New York to Albany by postal rider.

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1777 Connental Village was burned and pillaged. All through the Revoluon, the Old Albany-New York Post Road was the main supply area.

1779-80 George Washington oen traveled to various outposts along the old road. Officers of the Massachuses Line called one place, near Stapf farm, “New Boston”. Another, near Travis Corners, was called “Hempstead Huts”. These outposts formed a line across to Conneccut.

1785 An act established a stage route between New York City and Albany. One of the stage stops was the tavern of John Warren, built in 1756, now known as the Bird & Bole Inn.

1848 Train tracks reached Peekskill. Two years later, when it reached Albany, the stagecoaches rered.

1911-17 The Catskill Aqueduct was built, intersecng the southern end of the road.

1921 The monument to the “Mothers of the Revoluon” was unveiled at the southern end of the road. It was rededicated in 1976.

1982 Old Albany Post Road was listed on the State and Naonal Registers of Historic Places.

2014 Old Albany Post Road is designated an endangered historic as part of NY Preservaon League’s Seven to Save.