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What Remains of the Earliest Dirt Turnpikes
Episode 92

What Remains of the Earliest Dirt Turnpikes

Amazing Tales About History

May 25, 202321m 41s

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Show Notes

Colonial settlers eventually advanced from traveling on horse paths to building dirt turnpikes. Most have been at least partially abandoned. During COVID, John Schwemmer compared old and new maps to find and drive all 100 of CT's earliest roadways.