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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|Indian[[Category:Migration routes]]]. 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 Port[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[St. Joseph County, Indiana Genealogy|St. Joseph]], [[Marshall County, Indiana Genealogy|Marshall]], [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulto[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Cass County, Indiana Genealogy|Cas[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Carroll County, Indiana Genealogy|Carroll]], [[Clinton County, Indiana Genealogy|Clinto[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Boone County, Indiana Genealogy|Boon[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Hamilton County, Indiana Genealogy|Hamilto[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Marion County, Indiana Genealogy|Mario[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Shelby County, Indiana Genealogy|Shelb[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy|Decatu[[Category:Migration routes]]], [[Ripley County, Indiana Genealogy|Riple[[Category:Migration routes]]], and [[Jefferson County, Indiana Genealogy|Jefferso[[Category:Migration routes]]]. | ||
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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