Local attorney and former Mohegan Lake resident David Wright's history of the Mohegan Lake area
is worth a peek, if you haven't read it. Next time you are driving up Red Mill Road or up "Five Mile Turnpike" (AKA Route 6) to Mohegan Lake, you'll have a little more history on your route.
Excerpt:
The
1800s saw urbanization proceeding apace in the Mohegan –
Crompond area. 
The
trains now brought people to the Peekskill station and the Yorktown Heights
station (built in 1881). In
1816, "Five Mile Turnpike" was built along what is now Route 6 from
Peekskill to Shrub Oak. Prior to 1816, Red Mill Road was the primary route from
Peekskill to Mohegan. In 1816, an entrepreneur built the turnpike, and a toll
house on East Main Street in Peekskill to save hours off the journey. The
turnpike operated for 50 years until 1869, when the route was purchased as a
public road.
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