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=== Background History === | === Background History === | ||
The Pilgrims from England and the Netherlands founded Plymouth in 1620. The Puritans from England founded Boston in 1630. The Coast Path was the earliest overland route between the two. | The Pilgrims from England and the Netherlands founded Plymouth in 1620. The Puritans from England founded Boston in 1630. The Coast Path was the earliest overland route between the two. The path probably pre-dated both colonies as an American Indian trail with extensions as far north as Maine and New Brunswick where the English and other Europeans dried cod from the Grand Banks for markets in Europe. | ||
=== Route === | === Route === | ||
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:*[[King's Highway]] also known as the Boston Post Road | :*[[King's Highway]] also known as the Boston Post Road | ||
:*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] This trail was established in 1722 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Rome, New York|Rome]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario]. The Boston to Albany side of that route probably preceded the Albany to Oswego route by many years. | :*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] This trail was established in 1722 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Rome, New York|Rome]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario]. The Boston to Albany side of that route probably preceded the Albany to Oswego route by many years. | ||
:*[[Old Connecticut Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] to [[Hartford, Connecticut]] | :*[[Old Connecticut Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] to [[Hartford, Connecticut]] | ||
:*[[Old Roebuck Road]] | :*[[Old Roebuck Road]] | ||