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=== History === | === History === | ||
The '''Old Connecticut Path''' was created by Native Americans in antiquity. It went x miles (x kilometers) from '''[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]''' to '''[[Springfield, | The '''Old Connecticut Path''' was created by Native Americans in antiquity. It went x miles (x kilometers) from '''[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]''' to '''[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]''' in [[Massachusetts]], then south to '''[[Hartford, Connecticut]]'''. It was the first North American trail that led west from settlements on the Atlantic seacoast into the interior of America. | ||
The Path was used by members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1630. It continued to be used as settlements in Connecticut and other interior locations were settled. | The Path was used by members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1630. It continued to be used as settlements in Connecticut and other interior locations were settled. | ||