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The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in [[Indiana Genealogy| | The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in [[Indiana Genealogy|Indiana]]. It Was the first road commissioned by the Indiana State Legislature in 1826. The road became a key thoroughfare in opening the state to settlement. It connected Madison on the Ohio River to Michigan City on Lake Michigan via Indianapolis, the new state capital. Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts.[[Image:MichiganRoad.jpg|thumb]] | ||
=== Michigan Road History === | === Michigan Road History === | ||
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The Michigan Road winds its way through fourteen counties and more than two dozen communities. It connects the north with the south and touches all of the topography we recognize as home in Indiana. | The Michigan Road winds its way through fourteen counties and more than two dozen communities. It connects the north with the south and touches all of the topography we recognize as home in Indiana. | ||
Counties through which the Michigan Road passes: [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La | Counties through which the Michigan Road passes: [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte]], [[St. Joseph County, Indiana Genealogy|St. Joseph]], [[Marshall County, Indiana Genealogy|Marshall]], [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton]], [[Cass County, Indiana Genealogy|Cass]], [[Carroll County, Indiana Genealogy|Carroll]], [[Clinton County, Indiana Genealogy|Clinton]], [[Boone County, Indiana Genealogy|Boone]], [[Hamilton County, Indiana Genealogy|Hamilton]], [[Marion County, Indiana Genealogy|Marion]], [[Shelby County, Indiana Genealogy|Shelby]], [[Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy|Decatur]], [[Ripley County, Indiana Genealogy|Ripley]], and [[Jefferson County, Indiana Genealogy|Jefferson]]. | ||
Cities & towns through which the Michigan Road passes: Michigan City, New Carlisle, South Bend, Lakeville, LaPaz, Plymouth, Argos, Rochester, Fulton, Metea, Logansport, Burlington, Michigantown, Kirklin, Indianapolis, Shelbyville, Greensburg, Napoleon, New Marion, and Madison.<ref>http://historicmichiganroad.org/</ref> | Cities & towns through which the Michigan Road passes: Michigan City, New Carlisle, South Bend, Lakeville, LaPaz, Plymouth, Argos, Rochester, Fulton, Metea, Logansport, Burlington, Michigantown, Kirklin, Indianapolis, Shelbyville, Greensburg, Napoleon, New Marion, and Madison.<ref>http://historicmichiganroad.org/</ref> | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Migration_Routes]] [[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads]] [[Category:Indiana]] [[Category:Massachusetts]] | ||