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At first an Indian footpath, this colonial road went from the Massachusetts Bay to Narragansett Bay, or from Boston, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island. It passed through what is now Dedham, East Walpole, Foxboro, North Attleboro and Pawtucket to Providence Rhode Island.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 25. [https://archive.org/details/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich Internet Archive version online].</ref> | |||
*[http://www.walkingthepostroad.net/Walking_the_Post_Road/Blog/Entries/2010/6/23_Entry_16__Mile_25,_Sharon._The_Old_Roebuck_Road.html Walking the Post Road] | *[http://www.walkingthepostroad.net/Walking_the_Post_Road/Blog/Entries/2010/6/23_Entry_16__Mile_25,_Sharon._The_Old_Roebuck_Road.html Walking the Post Road] | ||