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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
[[Image:New England Migration Routes.png|right|400px|New England Migration Routes.png]]The '''Old Roebuck Road''' started as an ancient American Indian footpath connecting Massachusetts Bay to Narragansett Bay. In colonial days Europeans expanded that trail into a wagon road from Boston to Providence. That route was shared by a part of the [[Bay Road]] from Boston as far as Norwood. Moreover, the whole of the Old Roebuck Road became a part of the lower [[Boston Post Road]] or [[King's Highway]] between Boston and New York to Charleston.<br><br> | [[Image:New England Migration Routes.png|right|400px|New England Migration Routes.png]]The '''Old Roebuck Road''' started as an ancient American Indian footpath connecting Massachusetts Bay to Narragansett Bay. In colonial days Europeans expanded that trail into a wagon road from Boston to Providence. That route was shared by a part of the [[Bay Road]] from Boston as far as Norwood. Moreover, the whole of the Old Roebuck Road became a part of the lower [[Boston Post Road]] or [[King's Highway]] between Boston and New York to Charleston.<br><br> | ||
The history of Cobb's Tavern reflects on the history of the Old Roebuck Road. Cobb's Tavern is about half way between Boston and Providence, about a day's stagecoach travel from each. The land which eventually held the Cobb's Tavern in Easton was first purchased in 1725 by the Hixon brothers. Later, Elizah Fisher purchased the land in 1797. Fisher operated a tavern there. He sold out, and Jonathan Cobb significantly expanded the tavern as traffic along the Old Roebuck Road improved about 1800. In 1819 he was appointed postmaster, and the role of the building as post office continued until at least 1895.<ref>[http://www.risingstarlodge.org/history/cobbs_tavern.aspx Cobb's Tavern] in ''Rising Star Lodge, A.F. and A.M.'' (accessed 16 October 2014).</ref> | The history of Cobb's Tavern reflects on the history of the Old Roebuck Road. Cobb's Tavern is about half way between Boston and Providence, about a day's stagecoach travel from each. The land which eventually held the Cobb's Tavern in Easton was first purchased in 1725 by the Hixon brothers. Later, Elizah Fisher purchased the land in 1797. Fisher operated a tavern there. He sold out, and Jonathan Cobb significantly expanded the tavern as traffic along the Old Roebuck Road improved about 1800. In 1819 he was appointed postmaster, and the role of the building as post office continued until at least 1895.<ref>[http://www.risingstarlodge.org/history/cobbs_tavern.aspx Cobb's Tavern] in ''Rising Star Lodge, A.F. and A.M.'' (accessed 16 October 2014).</ref> | ||
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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]]. | ||
At the Providence south end of the '''Old Roebuck Road''' there was a connection to the [[Pequot Path]] which linked Providence to Westerly. From Westerly the extension went to New Haven, and on to New York and eventually to Charleston as part of the King's Highway. | At the Providence south end of the '''Old Roebuck Road''' there was a connection to the [[Pequot Path]] which linked Providence to Westerly. From Westerly the extension went to New Haven, and on to New York and eventually to Charleston as part of the lower [[Boston Post Road]] or [[King's Highway]]. | ||
=== External links === | === External links === | ||