 From the 1860s to 1930, Travis was known as Linoleumville, the home of America's first Linoleum factory.After World War I, the Richmond Turnpike was renamed Victory Boulevard in honor of the allied victory.The segment of Victory Boulevard from Richmond Avenue (then-NY 440) in Bulls Head to Forest Avenue (then-NY 439) in Silver Lake was designated as NY 439A in the late 1940s.