An icon and pioneer of the sport in the UK, Hoban won eight Tour de France stages, two Vuelta a España stages and, famously, Gent-Wevelgem ahead of Eddy Merckx during his time racing in the 1960s and ...

Editor’s note: Beacon was created in 1913 from Matteawan and Fishkill Landing. Israel Knapp of Fishkill, who had been unable ...