Old Mine Road

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Old Mine Road is a road in New Jersey and New York State said by many to be the oldest continuously-used road in the United States. At 104 miles, it stretches from Kittatinny Point in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to the vicinity of Kingston, New York. It is commonly believed that Dutch settlers began construction of the road in the 1600s in order to transport copper ore. The road still exists today, and although now largely paved, still retains much of its charm and individuality.

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 3.1 Books 3.2 Articles 4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] See also

• Delaware Water Gap
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• High Point State Park
• Stokes State Forest
• Worthington State Forest

[edit] References

[edit] Books

• Decker, Amelia Stickney. That Ancient Trail. (Trenton, New Jersey: Privately printed, 1942). (no ISBN)
• Hine, Charles Gilbert. The Old Mine Road. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1908). ISBN 0-8135-0426-0
• Snell, James P. History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881). (no ISBN)

[edit] Articles

• Batko, Alicia C. Searching for the Old Mine Road in Cultural Resources Management Vol. 25 No.3 (National Park Service, 2002).
• Kopczynski, Sue. A Ride Down Old Mine Road in Spanning the Gap Vol. 22, No. 2 (Summer 2000).
• Kopczynski, Sue. "The Dutch Mines: Fact or Myth? in Spanning the Gap Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 1998).

[edit] External links

• High Point State Park
• Stokes State Forest
• Worthington State Forest
• National Park Service: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area