 Horse-drawn carriages would carry passengers to Travis, known at the time as Long Neck or the New Blazing Star Ferry, whence a ferry would carry people over the Arthur Kill to Woodbridge Township, New Jersey.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.