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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
Settlers who traveled the '''Old Roebuck Road''' from '''[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]''' to '''[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]''' passed through these places: | Settlers who traveled the '''Old Roebuck Road''' from '''[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]''' to '''[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]''' passed through these places: | ||
[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]] | [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]] | ||
:*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] | :*[[Boston, Massachusetts|'''Boston''']] | ||
:*[[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] | :*[[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] | ||
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:*[[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]] | :*[[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]] | ||
:*[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] | :*[[Providence, Rhode Island|'''Providence''']] | ||
'''Connecting Routes''' | '''Connecting Routes'''. The '''''Old Roebuck Road ''''' connected with other migration routes: | ||
'''''Boston, MA connections''''' | |||
:*[[Bay Road]] connects [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (Massachusetts Bay) to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (Buzzards Bay). | :*[[Bay Road]] connects [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (Massachusetts Bay) to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (Buzzards Bay). | ||
:*[[Coast Path]] follows an ancient Indian path near the shoreline from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]. | :*[[Coast Path]] follows an ancient Indian path near the shoreline from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]. | ||
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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]]. | ||
'''''Providence, RI connection''''' | |||
:*[[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]]. | |||
'''Modern parallels'''. The modern roads that roughly match the '''''Old Roebuck Road ''''' from Boston to Providence are: | '''Modern parallels'''. The modern roads that roughly match the '''''Old Roebuck Road ''''' from Boston to Providence are: | ||