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There may have been two forks of the Catskill Road. New York State historical roadside markers show Ancram was connected by old turnpikes both to (a) Barrington, Massachusetts via Hillsdale (Nobletown), New York, and to (b) Salisbury, Connecticut.<ref>"36 Old Turnpike Road" and "37 Turnpike Road" in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_State_Historic_Markers_in_Columbia_County,_New_York List of New York State Historic Markers in Columbia County, New York] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 October 2014).</ref> Therefore, immigrants from Springfield could have chosen two main routes to arrive at Catskill: | There may have been two forks of the Catskill Road. New York State historical roadside markers show Ancram was connected by old turnpikes both to (a) Barrington, Massachusetts via Hillsdale (Nobletown), New York, and to (b) Salisbury, Connecticut.<ref>"36 Old Turnpike Road" and "37 Turnpike Road" in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_State_Historic_Markers_in_Columbia_County,_New_York List of New York State Historic Markers in Columbia County, New York] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 October 2014).</ref> Therefore, immigrants from Springfield could have chosen two main routes of nearly the same length to arrive at Catskill: | ||
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[[Hampden County, Massachusetts]]<br> ● '''[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]'''<br> ● [[West Springfield, Massachusetts|West Springfield | [[Hampden County, Massachusetts]]<br> ● '''[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]'''<br> ● [[West Springfield, Massachusetts|West Springfield]]<br> ● [[Southwick, Massachusetts|Southwick]]<br> ● [[Granville, Massachusetts|Granville]]<br> ● [[Tolland, Massachusetts|Tolland]]<br>[[Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]<br> ● [[Sandisfield, Massachusetts|Sandisfield]]<br> ● [[New Marlborough, Massachusetts|New Marlborough]]<br>[[Litchfield County, Connecticut]]<br> ● [[North Canaan, Connecticut|North Canaan]]<br> ● [[Salisbury, Connecticut|Salisbury]]<br>[[Dutchess County, New York]]<br> ● [[North East, New York|North East]]<br>[[Columbia County, New York]]<br> ● '''[[Ancram, New York|Ancram]]'''<br> ● [[Gallatin, New York|Gallatin]]<br> ● [[Taghkanic, New York|Taghkanic]]<br> ● [[Livingston, New York|Livingston]]<br> ● [[Greenport, New York|Greenport]]<br>[[Greene County, New York]]<br> ● '''[[Catskill, New York|Catskill]] ''' | ||
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