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Toll Gate Site New York State Marker Dedication

Historic Marker Unveiling
Sunday, October 6th, 2019 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Toll Gate Site: 5635 U.S. Highway 20, East Springfield, NY 13333

The Springfield Historical Society will host an unveiling ceremony for a historic marker commemorating the site of a toll gate that once stood along the Great Western Turnpike completed in 1808. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 in East Springfield, N.Y. Following the ceremony, there will be cider and donuts for attendees.

The marker is a replacement marker for an original New York State marker. It is one of two marker grants received by the Springfield Historical Society to replace original New York State markers that are missing or damaged.

Marker Inscription
TOLL GATE
STOOD NEAR HERE, MIDWAY
BETWEEN EAST SPRINGFIELD &
SHADOW BROOK, FOR THE THIRD
GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE
COMPLETED IN 1808.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

Marker Inscription
SPALSBURY FARM
EST. BY JOHN SPALSBURY, FARM
WAS DESTROYED DURING RAIDS
ON SPRINGFIELD BY LOYALISTS
AND THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN
ALLIES IN SUMMER OF 1778.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019