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Bookmark or Share- The Boston Post Road Historical Markers That Get The Facts ...The Boston Post Road has three major branches: the Lower Post Road along the Long Island Sound through Providence; the Upper Post Road from New Haven through Springfield; and the Middle Post Road, which diverges from the Upper Road in Hartford and runs east to Boston by way of Pomfret.
- Along the way: The story behind 26 roadside markers in ...The Boston Post Road was cut from the wilderness in the 1600s for postal riders to make the run between Boston and New York City. The Upper Boston Post Road soon widened from a path to a...
- The Boston Post Road: A Path Through HistoryThe road is still called the Boston Post Road because it was the first postal route between the two cities, created through the advocacy of Gov. Francis Lovelace of New York (who sent the...
- Boston Post Road Carved out Three Travel Routes through StateStarting with the establishment of the King’s “best highway” in 1673, three chief routes developed through colonial Connecticut: the upper post road through New Haven, Hartford and Springfield; the lower post road, running east from New Haven to New London and Providence; and the middle route, which ran diagonally across eastern ...
- Boston Post Road | WTTW ChicagoBoston Post Road, Boston, MA to New York, NY Travel the highway that helped win the American Revolution and served as the nation’s first “information superhighway.”
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