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Identifier
Pg. 3 slide 058
Description
Here is probably the most famous trail in the whole country. This marker, which is located at 800 N. Broad Street in Fairborn, is on the old Cumberland Trail. This trail ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, was called the "National Road." By 1818 it had reached Wheeling, West Virginia, and by 1838 Vandalia, Illinois. Approximately 800 miles in length, its construction was strongly advocated by Henry Clay.
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Greene County, Ohio
