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*'''''Springfield connections:''''' | *'''''Springfield connections:''''' | ||
:*[[King's Highway]] also known as the Boston Post Road goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts to New York City, and south to [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston, South Carolina]] with extensions on each end. In Massachusetts and Connecticut there were at least three competing routes for the Boston Post Road. Parts were laid out 1650 to 1735; its length remained in heavy use through 1783, and some parts are used to this day. | :*[[King's Highway]] also known as the Boston Post Road goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts to New York City, and south to [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston, South Carolina]] with extensions on each end. In Massachusetts and Connecticut there were at least three competing routes for the Boston Post Road. Parts were laid out 1650 to 1735; its length remained in heavy use through 1783, and some parts are used to this day. | ||
:*[[Old Connecticut Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to the Connecticut River Valley at [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] and south to [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. | :*[[Old Connecticut Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to the Connecticut River Valley at [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] and south to [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. | ||
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*'''''mid-road Massachusetts connection:''''' | |||
:*[[Greenwood Road]] from [[Hartford, Connecticut]] to [[North Canaan, Connecticut]] to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], to [[Albany, New York]]. | :*[[Greenwood Road]] from [[Hartford, Connecticut]] to [[North Canaan, Connecticut]] to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], to [[Albany, New York]]. | ||
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*'''''mid-road New York connection:''''' | |||
:*[[Albany Post Road]] | :*[[Albany Post Road]] | ||
*'''''Catskill connection:''''' | *'''''Catskill connection:''''' | ||
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:*[[Catskill_Road]] (or [[Catskill Turnpike]]; also known aa the Ancram Turnpike) from [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] to [[Ancram, New York]] to [[Catskill, New York]] to [[Unadilla, New York]] (formerly Wattle's Ferry) on the Susquehanna River. | |||
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the Catskill Road from Springfield to Catskill are: | '''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the Catskill Road from Springfield to Catskill are: | ||