Savoring the Fruits of Leicester Part Two- A Walk Up Strawberry Hill Upper Boston Post Road #21 (UBPR #21). “Set out for Springfield with Mr. Davenport….eat Roast Turkey near Strawberry-Hill, I eat mine there at Sarah Stebbings’s.” Samuel Sewall, Diary, Tuesday August 28, 1716. “Geography has its excitements.” Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, 1937…. (read more)
Savoring the Fruits of Leicester Part One– A Walk Through Cherry Valley Upper Boston Post Road #20 (UBPR #20). “The township is principally composed of lofty hills, with deep vallies between them. The hills are generally considered as the highest ground between Connecticut River, and the Shore.” Timothy Dwight, Travels in New England and New… (read more)
Walking The Upper Boston Post Road From Worcester To Springfield: An Overview Upper Boston Post Road Entry #19 (UBPR #19) “To Boston from the Meeting House 96½ Measured Miles, Boston Road” From “A Plan of the Town of Springfield, Massachusetts taken from an actual survey thereof made since the Resolve of the General Court passed… (read more)
The Road From Paris To New York Upper Boston Post Road Entry #18 (UBPR #18) “Spent the Day at Worcester in Riding about with Mr. Putnam to see his Farm. He does what he pleases with Meadows and Rivers of Water. He carries round the Streams wherever he pleases.” John Adams, Diary, June 1, 1771…. (read more)
The Fabric of Dreams Upper Boston Post Road Entry #17 (UBPR #17) “When I mention Worcester to people from New England, they often give a knowing nod or laugh — this unlovely, down-on-its-luck city of dead industry and collapsing buildings. But Worcester was an engine for betterment until the middle of the 20th century, a… (read more)
Highs And Lows Upper Boston Post Road Entry #16 (UBPR #16) “We came through Worcester this afternoon, and a[re] now but 6 miles from it. This I think is where Pappa studied Law, and the appearance of the town pleased me very much; I wished to stop there this Night, but it would have made… (read more)
The Heart Of The Heart Upper Boston Post Road Entry #15 (UBPR #15) The township of Worcester is, throughout, divided into farms which wear a cheerful and prosperous aspect. The town is principally built on a single street, extending, from East to West, about a mile and a half on the road. It is situated… (read more)
The Path Of Destruction Upper Boston Post Road Entry #14 (UBPR #14) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,… (read more)
Walking The Post Road Entry #22 (WTPR #22) This is entry #22 from my previous project, Walking the Post Road. I have been slowly transferring the entries over to this project for a number of reasons. The first reason is that they are relevant to this project in that the first dozen or so are… (read more)
Twists, Turns, Topography, And Turnpikes Upper Boston Post Road Entry #13 (UBPR #13) ***** For Whom The Post Horn Sounds… As I pass the modest yellow house at 32 Main Circle, about three-quarters of a mile into my walk through Shrewsbury from the border with Northborough along the route of the original road west from… (read more)
