The Historic National Road
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The Miller Hotel was one of the most popular destinations along the National Road in Washington County. Traveler T.B. Seabright recalled in 1894 "There were large rooms adapted to dancing purposes, and young men and maidens of the vicinity frequently trippe…
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A transportation center, platted 1836 along the Whitewater River, the Cumberland/National Road, and the Whitewater Canal route. Four steam railroads served the town; interurban electric railroad opened 1903. Cambridge City Historic District listed in Nation…
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Built in 1817 by Moses Shepherd, a prominent Ohio Countian, as part of the National Road. Constructed of uncoursed limestone, but covered by concrete in 1958, it is the oldest extant three span elliptical arch bridge in the state. Also known as "Monument Pl…
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Here is located the historic "Heimberger House," one of the first and most famous of the numerous stopping places which sprang up to server the traffic on the National Road. Still standing, it is now called the "Old Stone House."
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Contrary to popular belief that it was named for its frigid winter weather, Frostburg can trace its history back to 1800 when the community was known as Mt. Pleasant. By the time the National Road (authorized by Congress in 1806) opened through in 1812, Jos…
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". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.
Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automobiles, tru…
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(Side One)Historic National RoadThe Road That Built The Nation
Pike TownsThe National Road—along which you now stand—arrived here in Centerville in 1832. Centerville was an early "pike town". Regularly spaced about a day's journey apart by wa…
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This Bridge was completed by Army Engineers sometime between 1834 and 1837 as part of the Old National Road, between Cumberland, Maryland and Vandalia, Illinois, was authorized by the enabling act of 1803 and was the Nation's first federally financed highwa…
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Built in 1836, the Buena Vista Tavern operated as an inn from 1849 to
1856, when it became a private residence. In 1930, it returned to
public life as a tourist camp with cabins or cottages located behind the
old inn. The Buena Vista Tavern is again serv…