Exploring Rhinebeck #1~ by Nancy Kelly
The Rhinebeck Town Historian takes us on a tour of the northern part of the Old Post Road
Old Post Road North
The Post Road from Broadway in NYC, north through Albany was built in 1755 to carry mail and provide a land route north along the Hudson River. (“A Road through Time” Richard Figiel, Silverthread books, 2018, p.87-90).
The map image below is from the larger 1797 Thompson map available online .
