Territorial Road
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Team_Fitz
N 42° 13.076 W 085° 53.679
16T E 591229 N 4674564
Roadside marker North side of Red Arrow Highway South of Maple Lake and West of M-40 in Paw Paw Michigan
Waymark Code: WMBY2
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2006
Views: 57
One of the three great east-west routes in pioneers days, the Territorial Road from Detroit to St. Joe tapped the rich lands of the second "tier" of counties. Approved in 1829, the road was not surveyed through Van Buren County until 1835. Although at first it was only a "blaze and a name," the route was soon teeming with emigrants and travelers. The Dodge Tavern in Paw Paw a famed stopping, point was so crowded at times that some weary persons, old timers said, "offered a dollar for a post to lean on."
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: S0163
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
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