Old Military Road - 100 Mile Point

In July, 1833, Lt. Alexander Center blazed a nearby oak, marking the 100-mile point of a military road he and James Doty were surveying. The Old Military Road, built from 1835 to 1837, connected Ft. Crawford at Prairie du Chien, ...

Old Military Road

?In March 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress which enabled the states of Michigan and Wisconsin to begin construction of a road between Fort Howard at Green Bay and Fort Wilkins near Copper Harbor. It took one year ...

Military Road

Built by War Department 1817-20, to connect New Orleans with Nashville. Suggested by & named for Gen. Andrew Jackson. Soon became an important commercial & telegraph route.

Marker is at the intersection of Military Road (Mississippi Route 12) and 11th Avenue ...

The Military Road

The Military Road, built in 1835, became the first highway to cross the state. Congress appropriated $5,000 to connect the St. Lawrence and Mississippi River basins.

The troops at Fort Crawford constructed the road from Prairie du Chien to Portage; those ...

The Old Military Road

The Old Military Road From Fort Howard on Green Bay to Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, 1835.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 18 and Lawless Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 18.

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Pioneer Military Road

1835

Fort Howard, Green Bay

to Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien

Erected by

Col. C. K. Pier Circle

Ladies of G. A. R.

1931

Marker is at the intersection of South Military Road and West 9th Street on South Military Road.

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Old Military Road

Below here

Old Military Road

ran diagonally

up this hill

1755 – 1777

Marker is on Broadway (U.S. 4), on the right when traveling north.

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Braddock's Military Road 1755 Salt Lick Camp

This tablet marks the site of General Edward Braddock's sixteenth encampment named "Salt Lick Camp." Here Braddock's army camped July 3, 1755, after having marched six miles from Jacobs Cabin Camp. The circuitous route via Mount Pleasant was made to ...

General Blackshear's Military Road

Gen. David Blackshear

Ordered this military road

cut to Darien and on to

St. Marys July 1st. 1814

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (State Highway 15) and Highway Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. ...

Military Road - Choctaw Trail of Tears

Cut from Washington, Ark., to Fort Towson in 1831 for removal of Choctaws from Miss., became known is Choctaw Trail of Tears after thousands of suffering Indians used it to reach new lands. Road served as major east-west artery for ...