New York State Route 308 is a 6.19-mile-long (9.96 km) state highway within northern Dutchess County in New York State that connects U.S. Route 9 and NY 9G. The western end of the highway is in the Rhinebeck Village Historic District, a 2.6-square-mile (6.7 km2) area that features 272 buildings in a variety of architectural styles. NY 308 passes near the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, several historical landmarks, and the Landsman Kill River, a minor tributary of the Hudson River. Around 1685, the Native American Sepasco Trail ran from the Hudson eastward through modern-day Rhinebeck and ended at Lake Sepasco, roughly following NY 308 and its side roads. The trail remained until 1802, when part of the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike was chartered over it, extending from Salisbury, Connecticut, to the Susquehanna River at or near the town of Jericho (now Bainbridge). NY 308 incorporates a portion of the former turnpike.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_308
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1781:
The crew of the British slave ship Zong, running low on water, began killing 133 African slaves by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zong_massacre
1847:
Oregon missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, along with about a dozen others, were killed by members of the Cayuse and Umatilla tribes, sparking the Cayuse War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_massacre
1972:
Atari released Pong (screenshot pictured), one of the first video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home console markets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong
2012:
The United Nations General Assembly voted to accord non-member observer state status to Palestine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution_67/19
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bivious: (rare) Having, or leading, two ways. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bivious
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
What can you ever really know of other people's souls — of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands. If there is a God, you are, in a sense, alone with Him. You cannot put Him off with speculations about your next door neighbours or memories of what you have read in books. --C. S. Lewis https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis