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Ye Olde King’s Highway

Stratford, Connecticut
· Oldest Mail Route In America
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Ye Olde King’s Highway generally followed Indian trails and became the oldest mail route in America. The first post rider made the trip from New York to Boston in January 1673. Mary Silliman Chapter D.A.R. placed this tablet in 1915.
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