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The first migrants to cross the Appalachians
soon discovered that the mountains were not the only obstacles to westward
settlement. The migration of British colonists beyond the mountains into what
was to become Ohio was a principal cause of the North American of the French
and Indian War (1754-1761).
In the early 1740s, migrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia
aggressively advanced claims to the Ohio River valley, a territory the French
in Canada considered their own. In
1753 the French launched an initiative to block further American expansion by
erecting a line of forts along the upper Ohio River corridor. American colonial efforts to stop the
French from building Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River (present
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) precipitated the final contest between France and
Great Britain for control of North America. The war's effect on the westward
movement of American colonists was profound, as nearly all westward migration
during the conflict came to abrupt halt when the Indian peoples living in the
vicinity of present-day Ohio allied with the French and attacked the western
fringes of colonial settlement in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. In
some places the frontier of settlement was driven eastward for several
hundred miles as Indian warriors chased settlers towards the Atlantic. Only
the capture of Fort Duquesne in 1758 and the subsequent defeat of the local
Native-Americans tribes by 1763-1764 reopened the Northwest Territory to American
settlement. In
1790 the population of the trans-Appalachian region was estimated at more
than 120,000. The large number of Americans living west of the Appalachians
made the management of westward migration a top priority for the new
Federal government, which hoped to
peaceably maintain political authority over its western citizens and allow
the settlers to extend the political boundaries of the young nation with
their movements. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 offered a solution by
creating a model for managed expansion. The legislation provided for the
organization of the Northwest Territory into new states by creating a
defined set of conditions that assured the creation of civilian government in
the newly settled regions and prepared the new territories for statehood. The
system successfully managed the steady migration of settlers into the Old
Northwest Territory, which eventually became the states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Technological advances in transportation made a more organized,
manageable westward advance possible, and contributed to the rapid settlement
of the Midwest. The completion of the
Erie Canal in 1825 provided convenient access for thousands of New England
migrants who eventually settled in Michigan, northern Illinois, and
Wisconsin. Source:
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List of routes
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these routes are defined as having their terminus in present day Michigan,
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Bullskin Creek near Chilo, OH / Detroit, MI |
aka. Shawnee Indian Road; Xenia State Road |
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Carolinas / Ohio & Indiana |
a part of the Great
Indian Warpath |
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Detroit, MI / Chicago, Illinois |
follows general route of the
Old Sauk Trail |
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Detroit, MI / Chicago, Illinois |
see Chicago Road |
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Wheeling, WV / Maysville, KY |
Another name for Zane’s Trace as the southwestern terminus was Limestone, Kentucky
(present-day Maysville). People who traveled the road began to refer to it by
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
see Zane’s Trace |
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Mackinaw
Trail |
Saginaw, MI / Cheboygan, MI |
Originally a military road established as a link between Saginaw
and Fort Mackinaw. Surveyed in 1835
the route closely followed the Indian path known as the Mackinaw trail. The
trail did not become passable for vehicles until several decades later. aka.
Mackinaw Trail |
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Maysville
Pike |
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
see Zane’s Trace |
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Maysville
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
see Zane’s Trace |
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Miami River Road |
Buffalo, NY / Indiana & Kentucky |
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Madison, IN / Michigan City,
IN |
One of ,if not, the most important transportation routes in the
fledgling State of Indiana. The first commissioned road by the Indiana State
Legislature in 1826. This road became a key thoroughfare in opening up the
state to settlement. |
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Mingo Trail |
Fairview, OH / Zanesville, OH |
A Native-American Trail that
became a part of Zane’s Trace |
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Moxahala Trail |
Zanesville, OH / Chillicothe,
OH |
A Native-American Trail that
became a part of Zane’s Trace |
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Baltimore, MD / Vandalia,
Illinois |
Includes portions of the Cumberland Road
and Braddock’s Road in the east. By 1825, it had reached Vandalia, IL and
eventually stretched to St. Louis, MO. |
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Rock Island, IL / Detroit, MI |
A native-American Trail
that ran easterly across Illinois near US Route 6 from Rock Island to the Illinois River at about where Peru
is now, paralleled the north bank of that river to Joliet, and thence
easterly to Valparaiso, Indiana near US Route 30. From there it angled northeasterly to LaPorte and on
across southern Michigan -- passing through or near Niles, Three Rivers,
Jonesville, Clinton and Ypsilanti -- to Detroit. Via US Route 12, (see
The Chicago Road). |
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Shawnee Indian Road |
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Chicago, Illinois / Galena, Illinois |
Connecting to the Chicago Road, the State
Road extended west from Chicago through Elgin and Rockford to Galena,
Illinois |
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
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In 1807 became the first State Road in Ohio, see Bullskin Road. |
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Zanesville
Pike |
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Another name for Zane’s Trace.
see Zane’s Trace |
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Wheeling, WV / Maysville, KY |
segment
between Wheeling and Zanesville is a part of the National Road. |
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Ancestry.com - Message Boards -
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Ohio
Migrations Map and Information ·
Ontario - Michigan Migration |
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Pioneer
Migration Routes through Ohio |
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