. Boone County Recorder . f* NO BUILDING CONTINUANCE OF GOtfb ROADS Strong Movement Throughout Coun-try for Honoring of Old Trails-Memorial Lincoln Highway. No Btate In the nation 1b richer Inroad traditions than the state ofMaryland. Much of its early historymight be written from the records inwhich road construction, mainte-nance and litigation figures. Some ofthe roada of Maryland are of ancientand honorable antiquity, and wherethese can be perpetuated—under con-dition* of modern transformation, thestate is thereby engaged in preserving COST OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Ancient Highway in Maryland
. Boone County Recorder . f* NO BUILDING CONTINUANCE OF GOtfb ROADS Strong Movement Throughout Coun-try for Honoring of Old Trails-Memorial Lincoln Highway. No Btate In the nation 1b richer Inroad traditions than the state ofMaryland. Much of its early historymight be written from the records inwhich road construction, mainte-nance and litigation figures. Some ofthe roada of Maryland are of ancientand honorable antiquity, and wherethese can be perpetuated—under con-dition* of modern transformation, thestate is thereby engaged in preserving COST OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Ancient Highway in Maryland. ^valued traditions while giving sanc-tion to the established use of roadsthat have been traversed a century ormore, says Baltimore American. There1b a strong movement the countryover for the honoring of the old roadsand trails. This is manifest in themovement that contemplates a memo-rial highway to Abraham Lincoln. TheOld National Turnpike has clusteringabout it traditions of history thathave been transformed into literarylore under the magic pens of- essay- • tots and poets. In the far West agi-tation for the preservation of tho oldtrails is gaining in strength, and theOld Oregon, and the Old Whiskey andother historic trails that date back totimes immemorial will doubtless bepreserved as far as possible and, where obliterated by thepath of prog-resB, will be marked. Thus tho trailsfollowed by the red men from Canadaeven down to Central America will intime be made matters of record andreverence. While sentimental and practicalconsiderations may not alwa
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