TRAILS 



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In Albany county the Indian Ladder road is well known, a recent 

 trail from Albany to the Schoharie valley, crossing the Helderbergs 

 in Guilderland. Five trails were mentioned in Rensselaerville in 

 171 1, and the Schenectady trail soon became important. 



In Broome county the trail to Binghamton, over Oquaga mountain 

 and another nearer Windsor, were worn deep. These were recent, 

 there being no early settled occupation of the county. 



In Cattaraugus county a trail ran through Carrollton, following 

 Cold Spring creek and passing into Xapoli on lot 41. A trail from 

 Allegheny river followed the same creek into Xew Albion. Thence 

 it went to Xiagara Falls and Canada. 



In Cayuga county some trails appear on maps relating to Sulli- 

 van's campaign. Gen. John S. Clark placed Thiohero " at the foot 

 of Cayuga lake, on the east side, at the exact point where the bridge 

 of the Middle Turnpike left the east shore. The trail across the 

 marsh followed the north bank of an ancient channel of the Seneca 

 river." The early trails were very many, and the Moravians 

 described some. 



There are a few trails on record in Chemung county, and some 

 appear on the Susquehanna in Chenango county. In Columbia 

 county the stone heaps were by Indian trails, and on the map of 

 the Livingston patent a trail crosses it midway from east to west. 

 Reference has been made to trails in Cortland county, followed by 

 the Moravians. 



A wide trail followed the Charlotte river in Delaware county, in 

 1786. In Franklin county are early and recent portages. A trail 

 called the Catskill Path led from Castle Heights due north to the 

 Coxsackie plains in Greene county. Some recent portages alone 

 represent the many early trails of Jefferson county, but the recent 

 trails of Madison county are better known. One of these was from 

 Oneida to Chittenango, and thence to Onondaga, passing some dis- 

 tance south of Canaseraga. A well defined trail went from Oneida 

 creek, through the west part of Hamilton, and down the Chenango 

 river. . The Oneidas and Tuscaroras came up that river in canoes 

 as far as they could, and diverged to their several towns. 



