A historic mile marker on the National Road, the first federal highway (now 40) across the United States, in Triadelphia, West Virginia Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).; Congress mandated that a stone marker be placaed on the north side of every mile to tell travelers how many miles they were from Cumberland, Maryland, the starting point of the highway, as well as the distance to closer points. As of 2015, six such markers remain in the narrow northern panhandle of West Virginia
A historic mile marker on the National Road, the first federal highway (now 40) across the United States, in Triadelphia, West Virginia Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).; Congress mandated that a stone marker be placaed on the north side of every mile to tell travelers how many miles they were from Cumberland, Maryland, the starting point of the highway, as well as the distance to closer points. As of 2015, six such markers remain in the narrow northern panhandle of West Virginia, which carries just 10 miles of the old highway. All of the triangular stone obelisks in West Virginia (appearances of the markers vary somewhat from state to state) lie east of adjacent Wheeling.; Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.;
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