History
A track of some kind had long existed up 214's present-day course, although it was suitable only for personal foot traffic, which had to pass through Stony Clove Notch in single file as it was extremely narrow at the time. In the 1840s tanner Charles Edwards widened it at great personal expense so that at least wagons could get through, serving not only his tanneries in Hunter but the lumber companies in Lanesville and Chichester as well.
In 1873 the Stoney Clove Turnpike was incorporated to make further road improvements. In 1881, the narrow gauge railway was built along the road. The road was taken over by the state of New York in the late 1920s and designated as NY 214 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.
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