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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]]  
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The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in [[Indiana, United States 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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