48 ML to Boston 1771 B.W. - Sutton MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 42° 08.309 W 071° 46.998
19T E 269984 N 4668901
Don't drive to fast along Boston Rd or you will miss it. Road is no longer called Oxford Rd.
Waymark Code: WM1412K
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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At 1.3 m. on the Oxford Rd. is a granite Milestone, five feet high and eight inches thick, marked ' 48 ML to Boston 1771 B.W. ' In 1771 the county commissioners undertook to place milestones along what was then called the Connecticut Rd.

Colonel Bartholomew Woodbury, a local innkeeper, was quick to sense the advertising advantage of a milestone at the front door of his tavern. Unfortunately, the proper location of the milestone was several hundred feet south of the tavern. The colonel overcame this obstacle by persuading the commissioners to waive the mere matter of accuracy and to authorize the setting of the stone where he desired. He promised that if they would do so, he would erect at his own expense a mile- stone that would be 'the queen of all milestones.' It is interesting to speculate whether the traveling public ever discovered the discrepancy in the local mileage.

American-Guide-Series - Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p.604



Don't drive to fast along Boston Rd or you will miss it. Road is no longer called Oxford Rd.
Condition: Immaculate

Date placed: 01/01/1771

Material: Stone

Inscription:
48 ML to Boston 1771 B.W.

Name of road: Boston Rd
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