Route 28 and Main Street are used interchangeably when residents describe the stretch of road running through the village of Old Forge, but only a few remaining old-timers can recall the days when the road was known as Harrison Ave.

Highway Superintendant, Casey Crofut, left, and director of Town of Webb Historical Association’s Goodsell Museum, Kate Lewis. Photo by Gina Greco

According to Kate Lewis, director of the Town of Webb Historical Association’s Goodsell Museum, earliest records show that the road was named after Benjamin Harrison—the 23rd president of the United States—sometime in 1896 and through  January 1927, approximately. Continue reading →