Middleton Township in Negley in Columbiana County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

"The Great Trail"

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, July 12, 2025

1. "The Great Trail" Marker

Inscription. of Colonial times crossed the ridge at this point. As the trail widened, it provided generally the route, for what is now the Pancake-Clarkson Road. Here stood the Rising Sun Tavern, an early stagecoach hostelry. This was also called the Tuscarawas Trail since it passed the old town of Tuscarawas at the crossing of the Tuscarawas River near Bolivar.

Erected 1976 by The Columbiana County Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 40° 45.3′ N, 80° 33.781′ W. Marker is in Negley, Ohio, in Columbiana County. It is in Middleton Township. It is at the intersection of Jackson Street (Ohio Route 170) and Pancake-Clarkson Road (County Road 1031), on the right on Jackson Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 49654 Pancake-Clarkson Rd, Negley OH 44441, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Middleton Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Location of the Death of Pretty Boy Floyd (approx. 3.1 miles away); a different marker also named Death of Pretty Boy Floyd (approx. 3.1 miles

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away); Beaver Creek (approx. 3.2 miles away); Little Beaver Creek (approx. 3.2 miles away); Sandy and Beaver Canal (approx. 3.2 miles away); Lock 36 (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different marker also named Lock 36 (approx. 3.2 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Death of Pretty Boy Floyd (was approx. 3.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, July 12, 2025

2. "The Great Trail" Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2025, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 190 times since then and 71 times this year. Last updated on October 3, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 12, 2025, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.