Roadside Marker Commemorating the Port Kent-Hopkinton Turnpike Unveiling is Today
From Allison Arnold of the Anderson Falls Historical Society in Keeseville
The weather is looking clear and cool for this Saturday morning, so please dress warmly and plan to join us at 10:00 AM at 373 Fairway Drive, Keeseville by the Harmony Golf Club near the hamlet of Port Kent for the unveiling of a historic roadside marker commemorating the Port Kent-Hopkinton Turnpike. The 75-mile turnpike (see map) was established 1829-1832 and linked the manufacturing area in the Port Kent vicinity with the agricultural region of the St. Lawrence Valley near Hopkinton. The improved access fostered expanded rural interior development.
This will be the second of three Historic Markers we will be celebrating; they have all been generously funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Historic Roadside Marker Grant Program. The event will be held outside and last less than thirty minutes. No seating or restrooms will be provided. The public is invited to bring a chair if desired.
Per state and local health department requirements all attendees over two years of age, who are not medically exempt, must wear a face covering and maintain a distance of at least six feet from any other non-household attendee. We hope to see your (masked) smiling face there!
Posted: October 3rd, 2020 under Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.