Show WAS LONG FAMOUS HIGHWAY CumLe cumberland rland pike a Well Traveled i road fload in the birly earl days day of the Count country rk when tile the immigrants traversed the santa fe trull trail when over land to the bolden oate gate when they traversed the lie prairies in every direction they lid did not travel in trek carts says dim dan heard beard in ili hoys boys life they traveled in what were known A na prill pral he schooners ners and off tire lie prairie schooner was waa a direct descendant of thoi ilia cones topa and the conestoga wagon way was tile freight wagon lint flint curried carried nil all tile ho freight over tho the old Cumbe rhind rond road or the ho old alike as it was waa sometimes called this wits aa tile first rood good rond roal from wheeling IV va to port fort cum cinn bertrand ber bt trind now cumberland ml it a pret prat ty little town delightfully on oil n branch of tile potomac river jinro thero were two routes to tile ohio valley oneaver one over tho the famous buono trall trail to cumberland cap blazed on oil tile the trees treca lit in 1775 the other broute bouto was over tile nr addock rond road to tho the and it woo atna in tha general direction of ills his road frond that tho pike was ss built it splendid road of stone covered with gravel flint parsed over great arched bridges thrown across the ravines und and water courses cours s tito Cumb cumberland briand rond road was laid out by an indian guide and in 1818 it walt A acknowledged pd to bo be the greatest tia highway tit in america |