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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' [[{{PAGENAME}}]] | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' [[{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
Did an ancestor travel the '''Old Roebuck Road''' of Massachusetts and Rhode Island? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.<br><br> | Did an ancestor travel the '''Old Roebuck Road''' of Massachusetts and Rhode Island? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.<br><br> [[Image:{{ORoebuckRd}}]]__TOC__ | ||
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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. | 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. | ||