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1. NRD_071123_005.JPG: Brick section of the old National Road. US 40, the modern successor of the National Road, is paved with concrete instead so you only see these spots where the traditional National Road was abandoned in favor of a slightly adjusted US 40 route.
2. NRD_071123_020.JPG: The Salt Fork S Bridge. Built around 1828.
3. NRD_071123_080.JPG: Birthplace of William Rainey Harper (1856-1906). William Rainey Harper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Rainey Harper (July 26, 1856 - January 10, 1906) was a noted academic who helped to organize the University of Chicago, and served as its first President. Born on July 26, 1856 in New Concord, Ohio1, William Rainey Harper established himself as one of America's leading academics of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Very early in life, Harper displayed skills years ahead of other children his age and was labeled a prodigy. By the age of eight, Harper began preparing for college level courses; at the age of ten he enrolled in Muskingum College in his native New Concord, Ohio; and at the age of fourteen he graduated from Muskingum. In 1872, Harper enrolled in Yale University to begin his post graduate studies, which he completed in 1876. Throughout his academic life, Harper wrote numerous texts. A strong supporter of life long learning, Harper was also involved with the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY, and its programming. In 1891 at the age of thirty-five, John D. Rockefeller selected Harper to assist in the organization of the University of Chicago, and shortly thereafter, Harper was named its first President. In staffing the University and selecting students, Harper set the standards very high. Harper elevated the compensation of academic professions above that of school teacher, and by doing so attracted the best and the brightest to the University. While his critics called this policy imprudent, Rockefeller called the move one of his best investments. In addition to encouraging the establishment for the first department of Sociology in the United States, Harper ensured the establishment of the University of Chicago Press. Harper also instituted the first Extension Service in America designed to bring classes to those who could not attend regular classes because of work or other conflicts. One of Harper's ideas, that students should be able to study the first two years of college in their own communities to be better prepared for the rigors of college, helped lead to the creation of the community college system in the United States. Harper College, a two-year college in Palatine, Illinois, is named after him. Harper died on January 10, 1906 of cancer at the age of forty-nine. There is also an elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio named after him. Notes: Note 1:The original log cabin that was William Rainey Harper's birthplace is located in New Concord, Ohio across from the main gate of Muskingum College. The building has been preserved and currently houses an antique store.
4. NRD_071123_104.JPG: Fox Creek "S" Bridge. Runaway slaves would hide underneath during the Underground Railway days.
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Description of Subject Matter: Historic National Road - Ohio
Ohio

Length: 227.87 miles / 366.7 km

The Historic National Road was the nation's first federally funded interstate highway. It opened the nation to the west and became a corridor for the movement of goods and people. Today, visitors experience a physical timeline, including classic inns, tollhouses, diners and motels that trace 200 years of American history.

The National Road is the Road that built the nation. Commissioned by Congress in 1806, 2006 marks the bicentennial of its initiation. Ultimately, the Road ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, and was constructed through Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s. Today the route is defined by Highway 40. Visitors to the National Road can see the evolution of the U.S. from stagecoach to railroad, automobile, and even airplane.

The construction of the National Road through Ohio opened the state and much of the Northwest Territory to settlement. The Road also provided access for Ohio products to eastern markets. As a result, there was a continual flow of people both east and west along the route. This hubbub spurred town and village development, complete with taverns, inns, and blacksmith shops to serve travelers' needs.
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Relive the journey today as you cross original bridges and visit remaining historic buildings. See stone S-bridges, a unique feature of the National Road, at Blaine Hill, Salt Fork, and Fox Creek. The Blaine Hill Bridge served National Road travelers for well over 100 years. It is Ohio's oldest bridge and was recently named the state Bicentennial Bridge. Stop in at the Pennsylvania House Museum, a restored tavern. Travelers ate and relaxed here after a long day on the Road in a rickety stagecoach or alongside livestock headed to market.

The impetus of the railroad drew people from the National Road until the turn of the twentieth century when the advent of the automobile sparked a new interest in the route and fostered a new r ...More...
Wikipedia Description: National Road
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The National Road or Cumberland Road was one of the first major improved highways in the United States, built by the Federal Government. Construction began in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River, and the road reached Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) on the Ohio River in 1818. Plans were made to continue through St. Louis, Missouri, on the Mississippi River to Jefferson City, Missouri, but funding ran out and construction stopped at Vandalia, Illinois in 1839.

A chain of turnpikes connecting Baltimore, Maryland, to the National Road at Cumberland was completed in 1824, forming what is somewhat erroneously referred to as an eastern extension of the National Road. In 1835 the road east of Wheeling was turned over to the states for operation as a turnpike, and came to be known as the National Pike, a name also applied to the Baltimore extension.

The approximately 620-mile (1000 km) road provided a portage between the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and a gateway to the West for thousands of settlers. It was the first road in the U.S. to use the new macadam road surfacing. Today the alignment is followed by U.S. Highway 40 with only minor realignments. The full road, as well as its extensions east to Baltimore and west to St. Louis, was designated "The Historic National Road", an All-American Road, by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta in 2002.

History:

The Braddock Road had been opened by the Ohio Company in 1751 between Cumberland, Maryland, the limit of navigation on the Potomac River, and the forks of the Ohio River (a site that would later become Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). It received its name during the French and Indian War when it was used in the Braddock expedition, an attempt to assault the French Fort Duquesne by General Braddock and George Washington.

Construction of the Cumberland Road (National Road) was authorized on March 29, 1806 by President Thomas Jeffers ...More...
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2007 photos: Equipment this year: I used the Fuji S9000 almost exclusively except for the period when it broke and I had to send it back for repairs. In August, I bought a Canon Rebel Xti, my first digital SLR (vs regular digital) which I tried as well but I wasn't that excited by it. Trips this year: Two weeks down south (including Graceland, Shiloh, VIcksburg, and New Orleans), a week at a time share in Costa Rica over my 50th birthday, a week off for a family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with sidetrips to Dayton, Springfield, and Madison), a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con with a side trip to Michigan for two family reunions, a drive up to Niagara Falls, a couple of weekend jaunts including the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Vicksburg, and a December journey to three state capitols (Richmond, Raleigh, and Columbia). I saw sites in 18 states and 3 other countries this year -- the first year I'd been to more than two other countries since we lived in Venezuela when I was a little toddler. Ego strokes: A photo that I took at the National Archives was used as the author photo on the book jacket for David A. Nichols' "A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution." I became a volunteer photographer at both Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Civil War Preservation Trust (later renamed "Civil War Trust").. Number of photos taken this year: 225,000.
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