Rochambeau's Road Troubles: Tough Trot Through Augusta County, CT, 1781

A notorious 1,400-foot stretch of Manship Road-Barstow Road, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, underwent a facelift in the 1930s. This 50-55 foot-wide, cobbled road, complete with ancient stone walls 20 feet wide, can be seen in a 2001 photograph. The Augusta County section, with its old stone walls and an 1840s-era house, adds charm to the area, but proved to be the most challenging part of Rochambeau’s troops’ journey. This historical relic is close to Connecticut Route 14, like other preserved sections of Rochambeau’s route, such as the March Route of Rochambeau’s Army: Old Canterbury Road and Palmer Road.

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