Keywords: Scarborough Turnpike Corporation
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Site Pages
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4
"A toll road across the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the Cumberland Turnpike was the first turnpike in New England. Dr."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4
""An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Corporation Within the Town of Scarborough." Chapter 34,1802. Chapman, Leonard B."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"Southgate and brothers William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike. The turnpike, the first in New England, ran straight across the marsh…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"In 1802 the Scarborough Turnpike Corporation, headed by Robert Southgate and brothers William and Cyrus King, built the Cumberland Turnpike, the…"
