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At first an Indian footpath, this colonial road went from the Massachusetts Bay to Narragansett Bay, | At first an Indian footpath, this colonial road went from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay Massachusetts Bay] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_Bay Narragansett Bay], that is, from the city of [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to the city of [[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> The '''Old Roebuck Road''' passed through what is now: | ||
[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]] | |||
:*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] | |||
:*[[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] | |||
[[Norfolk County, Massachusetts]] | |||
:*[[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]] | |||
:*[[Westwood, Massachusetts|Westwood]] | |||
:*[[Norwood, Massachusetts|Norwood]] | |||
:*[[Walpole, Massachusetts|Walpole]] | |||
:*[[Foxboro, Massachusetts|Foxboro]] | |||
:*[[Plainville, Massachusetts|Plainville]] | |||
[[Bristol County, Massachusetts]] | |||
:*[[North Attleborough, Massachusetts|North Attleborough]] | |||
:*[[Attleboro, Massachusetts|Attleboro]] | |||
[[Providence County, Rhode Island]] | |||
:*[[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]] | |||
:*[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] | |||
*[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] | ||