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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 50689, member: 44"]I meant to add to the info on that postcard picture. The road running left and right is US 44 today and the cross road is Hwy 97. That road was originally an Indian trail then in the late 1600s and 1700s it was a divergent of the old Boston Post Road that ran from Boston to Hartford and then down to NYC. Washington traveled this road going to and from Boston after the siege of Boston.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look closely at middle road/route on the following map, you will see Pomfret, the 2nd town after crossing the MA/CT stateline.</p><p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Boston_Post_Road_map.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Boston_Post_Road_map.png" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Boston_Post_Road_map.png</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 50689, member: 44"]I meant to add to the info on that postcard picture. The road running left and right is US 44 today and the cross road is Hwy 97. That road was originally an Indian trail then in the late 1600s and 1700s it was a divergent of the old Boston Post Road that ran from Boston to Hartford and then down to NYC. Washington traveled this road going to and from Boston after the siege of Boston. If you look closely at middle road/route on the following map, you will see Pomfret, the 2nd town after crossing the MA/CT stateline. [URL]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Boston_Post_Road_map.png[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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