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The '''Old Roebuck Road''' started as an ancient American Indian footpath connecting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay Massachusetts Bay] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_Bay Narragansett Bay]. In colonial days Europeans expanded that trail into a wagon road going 43 miles (69 kilometers) from '''[[Boston, Massachusetts]]''' to '''[[Providence, Rhode Island]]'''.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), pages 531 and M-48. {{WorldCat|48077118|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> Boston was founded in 1630; Providence was established in 1636. The Old Roebuck Road attracted European settlers along its route in Massachusetts and Rhode Island because it provided access to markets for settler goods and services. | The '''Old Roebuck Road''' started as an ancient American Indian footpath connecting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay Massachusetts Bay] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_Bay Narragansett Bay]. In colonial days Europeans expanded that trail into a wagon road going 43 miles (69 kilometers) from '''[[Boston, Massachusetts]]''' to '''[[Providence, Rhode Island]]'''.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), pages 531 and M-48. {{WorldCat|48077118|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> Boston was founded in 1630; Providence was established in 1636. The Old Roebuck Road attracted European settlers along its route in Massachusetts and Rhode Island because it provided access to markets for settler goods and services. | ||
'''Overlapping routes'''. Part of the '''Old Roebuck Road''' followed the exact same route as a part of the '''[[Bay Road]]''' (to New Bedford) at least as far as Norwood. Moreover, the whole of the Old Roebuck Road also became a leg on the '''''lower [[Boston Post Road]] | '''Overlapping routes'''. Part of the '''Old Roebuck Road''' followed the exact same route as a part of the '''[[Bay Road]]''' (to New Bedford) at least as far as Norwood. Moreover, the whole of the Old Roebuck Road also became a leg on the '''''lower [[Boston Post Road]] ''''' between Boston and New York City. In the 1760s and 1770s it was also part of the '''''[[King's Highway]] ''''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]] and all the way south to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. | ||
'''Stagecoach service'''. In the 1760s stagecoaches began to traverse these roads carrying regular mail and passengers. Inns for stagecoach passengers and other travelers usually were established near the time of American Revolution. By 1800 an advertisement suggested stage service from Boston to Providence took only ten hours.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 86-87. [https://archive.org/details/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich Internet Archive version online].</ref> Nevertheless, travel between colonial towns was more often by sea than it was over land until just before the American Revolution.<ref>Wood, 25.</ref> | '''Stagecoach service'''. In the 1760s stagecoaches began to traverse these roads carrying regular mail and passengers. Inns for stagecoach passengers and other travelers usually were established near the time of American Revolution. By 1800 an advertisement suggested stage service from Boston to Providence took only ten hours.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 86-87. [https://archive.org/details/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich Internet Archive version online].</ref> Nevertheless, travel between colonial towns was more often by sea than it was over land until just before the American Revolution.<ref>Wood, 25.</ref> | ||
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:*[[Providence, Rhode Island|'''Providence''']] | :*[[Providence, Rhode Island|'''Providence''']] | ||
'''Connecting Routes'''. The '''''Old Roebuck Road | '''Connecting Routes'''. The '''''Old Roebuck Road ''''' connected with other migration routes: | ||
'''''Boston, MA connections''''' | '''''Boston, MA connections''''' | ||
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:*[[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]]. | :*[[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 | '''Modern parallels'''. The modern roads that roughly match the '''''Old Roebuck Road ''''' from Boston to Providence are: | ||
:*From Boston, MA take '''Washington Street / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Rhode_Island US-1]''' southwest bound to Pawtucket, RI | :*From Boston, MA take '''Washington Street / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Rhode_Island US-1]''' southwest bound to Pawtucket, RI | ||
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