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*'''''Springfield connections:'''''
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:*[[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]].  
:*[[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.  
:*The upper [[King's Highway]], also known as the upper Boston Post Road, went from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to Springfield in Massachusetts, to Hartford and New Haven in Connecticut, and then on to New York City. From Boston to Hartford it followed the same route as the [[Old Connecticut Path]]. From New York City the King's Highway continued south to [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston, South Carolina]].  
 
*'''''mid-road Massachusetts connection:'''''
*'''''mid-road Massachusetts connection:'''''


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