The Old Toll Road

The Old Toll Road to Idaho City crossed the ridge from Boise through the lowest point you can see in the skyline across the valley.

Climbing the More's creek canyon wall, it crossed this highway about here and swung north. The ...

The Centreville Confederate Military Railroad

These are the remains of the Centreville Confederate Military Railroad built in the fall and early winter of 1861 for the purpose of transporting supplies to the field armies of Generals Pierre G. T. Beauregard and Joseph Johnston. The railroad ...

Bluebirds, On The Road To Recovery

Where did they go?

Bluebirds were once common throughout the United States. However, over the last century their population has diminished due to loss of their natural habitat, overuse of pesticides and predators.

Compounding the problem is competition from two non-native species, ...

The "Pea Vine"A Ghost Railroad / Parsons A Railroad Town

(obverse)

The "Pea Vine" A Ghost Railroad

In 1886, Tennessee Midland Railway Company was chartered to build a railroad from Memphis to Virginia. By 1889, 135.6 miles of track were completed to Perryville where it ended for lack of funds. In 1892, ...

The National Road

The Road that Built the Nation

“. . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance.” —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.

Americans are an adventurous people. From

past to present, they have used feet, horses,

wagons, stagecoaches, canals, ...

The Old Portage Rail Road Monument

(side 1)

This Monument

Was erected to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of

The Old Portage Rail Road

March 18, 1834

A scale model of one of the inclined planes is in the Blair County Historical Museum, Altoona, PA.

This monument and the model ...

The Wire Road

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This road marks the route of the first telegraph lines from Washington to New Orleans, via Columbus, completed in 1848. The road entered Harris County at Mount Airy (later Ridgeway), 5 miles from here. A stagecoach inn, stores, houses, and ...

The Buncombe Road

This road, long in use,

was completed in 1820

during the administration of

Joel R. Poinsett, president

of the Board of Public Works.

Paved July 1926.

Marker is at the intersection of Buncombe Street and Richardson Street on Buncombe Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Great Sauk Trail and The Chicago Road

You are standing along Michigan Avenue, a road much older than the pavement that now covers it.

This road began like many other transportation routes through America, as a well-travelled Native American trade path. This original path, often referred to ...

The Coloma Road

Here in the Valley of the Cul-lum-mah Indians, James W. Marshall discovered gold on January 24, 1848, in the tailrace of Sutter’s sawmill. The Old Coloma Road, opened in 1847 from Sutter’s Fort to Coloma, was used by Marshall to ...