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=== Route  ===
=== Route  ===


At first an Indian footpath, this colonial road went from the Massachusetts Bay to Narragansett Bay, or from Boston, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island. It passed through what is now Dedham, East Walpole, Foxboro, North Attleboro and Pawtucket to 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>  
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]
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