The Sun Trail

The Sun Trail ran from Hudson River to the East Branch of the Delaware and was so called because an Indian or scout could start running at sun-up and reach the other end by sun-down.  John Hunter had an idea of making the Sun trail into a road soon after acquiring title to his 29,700 acres. He employed Able Sprague to cut and grade the road. When finished in 1815, it opened up settlements in Shin Creek, Beaverkill, Craig-E-Claire, Turnwood and Rockland.

(excerpted from The Town of Rockland, By Wilmer Sipple Town of Rockland Historian - http://www.sullivancountyhistory.org/new_page_4.htm)