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Ebenezer Zane, the namesake of the Trace commemorated on stone trail marker at National Road Museum in Norwich, Ohio Map of Zane's Trace along with canals and national roads in Ohio, 1923 Zane's Trace is a frontier road constructed under the direction of Col. Ebenezer Zane through the Northwest Territory of the United States, in what is now the ...
Zane's Trace in shown in southern Ohio. Zane's Tracts were three parcels of land in the Northwest Territory of the United States , later Ohio , that the federal government granted to Ebenezer Zane late in the 18th century, as compensation for establishing a road with ferry service over several rivers.
Ebenezer Zane received approval from Congress in May 1797 to cut a trail from Wheeling, in what was then Virginia, to Limestone, Kentucky. Recounting Ebenezer Zane's path 225 years later Skip to ...
Zane's Trace, as his road was called, stretched from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Maysville, Kentucky. With some minor alignment differences, US 40 closely matches the segment from Wheeling to Zanesville. [34] Between the cities of Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas, US 40 follows the path of the Oregon Trail.
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In a Times Recorder article dated Sept. 23, 1962, local historian Norris F. Schneider added: “Undoubtedly, he (Chapman) traveled up and down the river and carried apple seeds along Zane's Trace.
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois (5 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Illinois" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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