Eastern New York: Through the Heartland on U.S. 20  Volume II: A Historical Travel Guide

U.S. 20, a two-lane highway, begins in Boston and travels 3,365 miles westward to the Pacific Ocean.
Through Eastern New York, U.S. 20 traverses picturesque hill country. It passed through Lebanon, Richfield and Sharon Springs, where the elite of the Gilded Age vacationed, through Albany, New York’s capitol and once America’s foremost cattle-town, through the homeland of the Iroquois Nation, through Esperance where a witch crossed Schoharie Creek on her apron, through Springfield, near baseball’s Hall of Fame, through Sangerville, home of the notorious Loomis Gang, through Madison/Bouckville, site of annual Antique Shows, through Cazenovia, where Leland Stanford matriculated before establishing his own university, through Pompey, childhood home of Jenny Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill, to Cardiff, where the giant, America’s “greatest hoax,” was discovered.
By traveling U.S. 20 through Eastern New York, the traveler will discover unique and exiting history leading one to ask: Why wasn’t my U.S. History class this much fun?