Prior to the American Revolution, it was a nearly impassable native trail that had been ordered by the crown to become "The King's Best Highway" as a means of facilitating a regular exchange of information between the colonial villages of New York and Boston. But since the first rider set out on horseback on that brittle winter day in 1673, the tribulations of this effort far exceeded any triumphs. And if not for an industrious young man of science from the northern reach of that trail who would put his mind to a systematic campaign of improvements not just to the road but to this archaic system of carrying letters up and down the east coast, this pathway would never have emerged as the "artery of intelligence" that it would become. But in fact, as a direct result of the innovative resolve of an eager young Benjamin Franklin, this passageway that today we alternatingly call "Route 1" or "I-95" would in fact be the pivotal key to these courageous Patriots rising up to do the unthinkable -- to challenge and defeat the greatest power on Earth.
Join me and author Eric Jaffe for this remarkable journey in discussing his fascinating book: "The King's Best Highway: the lost history of the Boston Post Road - the route that made America."
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