Bibliograph

The Old Post Road, the story of the Boston Post Road, Stewart H. Holbrook

Type

Label

The Old Post Road, the story of the Boston Post Road, Stewart H. Holbrook

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Old Post Road

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1393937

Responsibility statement

Stewart H. Holbrook

Series statement

American trails series

Sub title

the story of the Boston Post Road

Summary

Stagecoaches and wayside taverns, personages like Benedict Arnold, Mark Twain, and Ben Franklin all played a part in the history of the Old Post Road, the first link between New York and Boston

Table Of Contents

How it began -- Time & change : a panorama -- Mrs. Knight takes the road -- Levi Pease : The stagecaoch king -- Turnpikes -- The stagecoach -- The stage driver -- The saga of Ginery Twichell -- The taverns in the towns -- Washington was here -- Scollay square -- Interlude : They didn't get the railroad -- Boston west by the upper road -- Sudbury to Worcester -- Worcester -- Worcester to Springfield -- Springfield -- Springfield to Windsor -- Boston to Hartford -- Hartford to New Haven -- Boston to New Haven (By 1st route) -- Boston to New Haven (By 2nd route) -- Boston to New Haven (By 3rd route) -- New Haven to Greenwich -- Rye to Kingsbridge -- Kingsbridge to the en of the line -- New York City in Post Road times, 1789

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