Ridge Road -- Route 104 -- has always been one of the most important travel and trade routes in Gasport, rivaled only by the Erie Canal and Route 31 historically and currently, respectively. The Saturday edition of the Lockport Union Sun and Journal featured a nice write-up about the history of the road in the paper's weekly history column...
http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/x207077538/NIAGARA-DISCOVERIES