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There are many historic trails and roads in the United States which were important to the settlement and development of the United States including those used by American Indians. The lists below include only those routes in use prior to the creation of the American Highway System in 1926. Many more local routes are discussed at entries for the ...
The Roman Appian Way, near Casal Rotondo, to the southeast of Rome, Italy. Historic roads (historic trails in USA and Canada) are paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time. Examples exist from prehistoric times until the early 20th century. They include ancient trackways, long-lasting roads ...
U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. [3] The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri ...
The Sauk Trail was originally a Native American trail running through what are present-day Illinois, Indiana and Michigan in the United States. From west to east, the trail ran from Rock Island on the Mississippi River to the Illinois River near modern Peru then along the north bank of that river to Joliet, and on to Valparaiso, Indiana.
Wisconsin. East Troy Electric Railroad. Kenosha Streetcar. Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway (Closed in October 2001) Lumberjack Steam Train. Mid-Continent Railway Museum. National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon (includes a small rail loop) Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway. Riverside and Great Northern Railway.
Map of the Trace. The Trace was created by millions of migrating bison that were numerous in the region from the Great Lakes to the Piedmont of North Carolina. [2] It was part of a greater buffalo migration route that extended from present-day Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, through Bullitt's Lick, south of present-day Louisville, and across the Falls of the Ohio River to Indiana, then ...
Pennsylvania Route 87, 10 mi (16 km) north of Montoursville: Meade Road, 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from U.S. Route 220, just north of Laporte: Linear trail in Loyalsock State Forest. Maah Daah Hey Trail: 144 232 North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt National Park: the longest continuous single track mountain biking trail in America Mason-Dixon Trail: 199 320
The King's Highway was a roughly 1,300-mile (2,100 km) road laid out from 1650 to 1735 in the American colonies. It was built on the order of Charles II of England, who directed his colonial governors to link Charleston, South Carolina, and Boston, Massachusetts. The section north of New York City, laid out on January 22, 1673, became the Upper ...