| 1. When was the National Trail authorized by
congress? Answer
. |
2. When did the pioneer highway see its
completion? Answer
. |
3. Name the City where the National Highway started:____________ Answer |
| 4. Name the City where the National Trail ended:_____________ Answer | 5. How many miles does the Old National Trail
run?
Answer
. |
6. Who made the earlier "Native
Paths?" Answer . |
| 7. What is the other name for Washington's
Road,
that is the first military road in the U.S.?
Answer
. . . . . . . |
8. What is this? Answer |
9. Where was the National Trail to run
"straight
as an arrow" and caused political complaints from
many? Answer . . . . . . |
| 10. Central Illinois towns would form along
the new National Trail. Name three of the first Effingham
County towns: 11. _______________(1831) , 12. _______________(1834)and 13._________________(1839) Answers |
14. What was the Old National Trail made of
first?_______________ In 1921, when the State of Illinois took over the highway, and 15. What did the counties of Clark and Cumberland surface the road with? ____________ Answers |
16. Marshall, Illinois has the oldest
operating hotel in Illinois. What is the name of the
hotel?____________and 16. When was it built?____________ Answers . |
| Using the map, list the three "newer" versions of the Old
National Trail: 17. ________________ 18. ________________ 19. ________________ Answers |
20. What is name of the monument(s) dedicated to ".
. . Americans who traveled the bitter road"
Answer . . . . |
The Old National Road runs from one large river on the
east,
to another on the west. Name the two rivers: 21. _______________ 22. _______________ |
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