Putnam patriot., 1908-04-24
SWELL DRESS HATS
The Byron D. Bugbee Corporation,

where he had settled NeatbY is tn dieated : lc Create 5paage south ei this lfali and lhe lower walefs gf the Charles. afe Neenetts Castle ana No enett's Mil. where he had | silver mine. There ate, on small stream. numerous dams where he could open ilumes. flood ont. and overflow canoes propelled hy his enemies. This place is indicated on the fiYef as being "iam to Boston.
 Returning 10 The east side of the map again, We afc II nedham, where the "ffai to Boston, or from it, crosses the lower waters 1f The Ghafles and ,ii- siaes. eae tlall k markad as the sPalhe ia Yc sipmue Country after pass Ing an Indian village. The southern branch of thts tratt runs soulhwafd through a wilderness of "Ne laphoard rfec~. and eoaiinae~ on ln the same course to 'sAc last house and church, with eMount Nrhon to the east. It Crosses the Charles near @Ae Black Marsh, aud the arrow Indicates that il passes on "Ie Ne Nipmues. This k "1e" tfamousi "HarJortis Trdae, where IL leaves Medfeld township and enters Medway and passes on to Bel Iingham, xbridge, Douglas, Oxford, Dudley, Woodstock, and continuing on it's western course through Northern Connecticut .o Hartford.
 This map with it's old-time trails to Providence and Connecticut, confirms that of Wood ward and ~afiery \, wllieh. we have shown was the route the Hook er party took to Hartford in i6}o There was no incentive for them to inseni a lrail that had no existence. tonse- trails, although we must cuncede that Il cut oil much distance in many places where trails were devious because Of native preferences especially where swamfs were filled in, to avoid deNia ton in it's course, thus decreasing mile age
 The history et this iameas highway k interesting and deserves mention here because of it's consequence.
 In f7p a committee was chosen tn Mendon to proeede to Ashford in Con neclical la there meet Il Commission of that state and survey, and lay out. fesis from Hartford to the lines of this Commonwealth or the state of Rhode Island. This was the inception of the Hartford and Bostoni Turnpike in the days when roads werel bad and travel was great from hauling much heavy merchandise; and the need oi speed for pss>engers in the ''good old stage coach days.
 Hence men of capital, especially those who had a large amount of traffic to handle by animal power, joined to- gelhet in the construction ot good road>. or the impros ement ef old ones. In doing this many short cuts were raade and many bad hills were avoided, tonseauenlly sections of well.worn fNsu> NVft aptDhthSus NiSAAhtbI tNs>s- Is bridges. which were monuments of much severe labor, like those in Wood stock, ~h,eh were reported in the PA rgloF Two wears ago as being found where apparently no road had inquired them.
 This turnpike wa> otganise,s as "the North Massachusetts Turnpike ,erpo- ration 10 huild a road from Thompson to the east tine of Bellingham, with toll gate In Nottingham and another in Douglas
 This road was constructed, but not proving profitable was turned over to the eo0atv. From examination of the 1. maps of the esion we { mas conclude, from tracing most prob ! able routes of ieias. that his road iefs 1 Boslea via The Neck. eases..w Rssx- I