The Historic National Road Historical Markers

By Jason Voigt, January 3, 2020

Greenville Marker

1► Illinois (Bond County), Greenville — Greenville — Finding a Place for Print —

2► Illinois (Bond County), Greenville — History of Greenville-Bond County —

3► Illinois (Bond County), Greenville — Wells Judd Tire Sales —

4► Illinois (Bond County), Mulberry Grove — Mulberry Grove — The Shake Rag Stop —

5► Illinois (Bond County), Pocahontas — Pocahontas — Muscle, Metal, and Merchandise —

6► Illinois (Clark County), Casey — Casey — A Tale of Two Cities —

7► Illinois (Clark County), Casey — The Development of Casey —

8► Illinois (Clark County), Marshall — Marshall — Archer's Avenue —

9► Illinois (Clark County), Marshall — Old Stone Arch Bridge —

10► Illinois (Clark County), Marshall — The Archer House — National Historic Landmark —

11► Illinois (Clark County), Martinsville — Martinsville — The Merchants of Main Street —

12► Illinois (Clark County), Martinsville — The Linn Family / The Rowe Foundry Anvil —

13► Illinois (Cumberland County), Greenup — "The Road that Built the Nation" —

14► Illinois (Cumberland County), Greenup — Cumberland County Covered Bridge —

15► Illinois (Cumberland County), Greenup — Greenup — Rails and Trails —

16► Illinois (Cumberland County), Greenup — Old to New: Bridges over the Embarras River —

17► Illinois (Cumberland County), Greenup — Site of Barbour Inn —

18► Illinois (Effingham County), Effingham — Effingham — Crossroads of Opportunity —

19► Illinois (Effingham County), Montrose — Montrose — Drummers, Drays and Railroad Days —

20► Illinois (Effingham County), Teutopolis — Teutopolis — A Community Built On Faith —

21► Illinois (Fayette County), Brownstown — Brownstown — Twin Pumps —

22► Illinois (Fayette County), St. Elmo — St. Elmo — Planes, Trains, and Automobiles —

23► Illinois (Fayette County), Vandalia — Cumberland Road —

24► Illinois (Fayette County), Vandalia — Madonna of the Trail — The National Old Trails Road —

25► Illinois (Fayette County), Vandalia — Vandalia — End of The Road —

26► Illinois (Fayette County), Vandalia — Welcome to the National Road Interpretive Center — Vandalia, Illinois —

27► Illinois (Fayette County), Vandalia — William C. Greenup — Aug. 28, 1785 - June 10, 1853 —

28► Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Collinsville — Main Street of America —

29► Illinois (Madison County), Highland — Highland — Fresh Horses and New Courses —

30► Illinois (Madison County), St. Jacob — St. Jacob — The St. Louis Wagon Road —

31► Illinois (Madison County), Troy — Troy — Cabins, Coaches and Coal Mines —

32► Illinois (St. Clair County), Collinsville — Cahokia Mounds — The Road to America's Oldest City —

33► Indiana (Hancock County), Greenfield — Historic National Road / Make History, Drive It — The Road That Built The Nation —

34► Indiana (Henry County), Knightstown — The National Road — West —

35► Indiana (Marion County), Indianapolis — Indiana's Main Street — Historic National Road — The Road That Built The Nation —

36► Indiana (Marion County), Indianapolis — The National Road —

37► Indiana (Vigo County), Terre Haute — 84.1998.1 — Crossroads of America —

38► Indiana (Wayne County), Cambridge City — 89.1992.2 — Cambridge City —

39► Indiana (Wayne County), Centerville — Historic National Road / Make History, Drive It — The Road That Built The Nation —

40► Indiana (Wayne County), Richmond — Historic National Road — The Road That Built the Nation —

41► Indiana (Wayne County), Richmond — Madonna of the Trail —

42► Indiana (Wayne County), Richmond — Madonna of the Trail — Side Marker —

43► Indiana (Wayne County), Richmond — The First Toll Gate —

44► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — “The Narrows” —

45► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Church of St. Patrick, Cumberland —

46► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Crossroads of America Mural —

47► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland — Town Map and Directory —

48► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland —

49► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Gateway Westward — Fort Cumberland Trail —

50► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — The Narrows — An Easier Route for the National Road —

51► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — The National Road — The Road that Built the Nation —

52► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — The Old National Pike — Fort Cumberland Trail —

53► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Where the Road Began — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built the Nation —

54► Maryland (Allegany County), Flintstone — Martins Mountain — Sunday Drivers and “Tin-Can Tourists" —

55► Maryland (Allegany County), Frostburg — Blazing Braddock's Road —

56► Maryland (Allegany County), Frostburg — Frostburg — The Frost Family Legacy —

57► Maryland (Allegany County), Frostburg — Frostburg — The National Road, Coal and Fancy Hotels —

58► Maryland (Allegany County), Frostburg — The Naming of Frostburg —

59► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — First Toll Gate House —

60► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — The La Vale Toll House — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation —

61► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — The National Road — (Called The Cumberland Road) —

62► Maryland (Allegany County), Little Orleans — Town Hill Overlook — The Beauty Spot of Maryland —

63► Maryland (Baltimore), Bromo Arts District — The Baltimore & Frederick-Town Turnpike — A Transportation Revolution started here —

64► Maryland (Baltimore), Gwynns Falls Park — Gwynns Falls Valley — From Work to Play —

65► Maryland (Baltimore), Inner Harbor — The Port of Baltimore — The National Road begins and ends here —

66► Maryland (Baltimore), Irvington — Irvington — The Last Stop before Baltimore —

67► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — Railroads Eclipse a National Road — “Thus will scientific power conquer space.” —

68► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — The National Road — The Road that Built the Nation —

69► Maryland (Baltimore), Shipley Hill — Bridging Gwynns Falls —

70► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — 6-Mile Marker on the National Road — 1787 —

71► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — Castle Thunder —

72► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — Catonsville — A Turnpike Town —

73► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — Catonsville — From Stagecoaches to Horseless Carriages —

74► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — Oella — Conquering the “Nine Mile Hill" —

75► Maryland (Carroll County), Mt. Airy — Parrsville & Ridgeville — Two Towns at the Four Corners —

76► Maryland (Frederick County), Braddock Heights — Hagan’s Tavern — If walls could talk.. —

77► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — A Crossroads of American History — The Frederick Square Corner —

78► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — A Good Night's Rest — Frederick's Hotel Block —

79► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Frederick — A Town becomes a City —

80► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Jacob Engelbrecht — A Frederick Diarist on the National Road —

81► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Jug Bridge — An engineering marvel for early America —

82► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Jug Bridge Monument —

83► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — The National Road — The Road that Built the Nation —

84► Maryland (Frederick County), Middletown — Advance, Retreat, and Refuge in Middletown — In the Path of War —

85► Maryland (Frederick County), Middletown — Middletown — “Middle of What?” — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation —

86► Maryland (Frederick County), Middletown — Middletown — 1885 —

87► Maryland (Frederick County), Middletown — Middletown — Union Army Traffic — Gettysburg Campaign —

88► Maryland (Frederick County), Myersville — The Historic National Road — "The Road that Built the Nation" —

89► Maryland (Frederick County), Myersville — The National Road — The Road that Built the Nation —

90► Maryland (Frederick County), New Market — Mile Stones of the old National Pike —

91► Maryland (Frederick County), New Market — New Market — A New Town for a New Road —

92► Maryland (Frederick County), Zittlestown — South Mountain Summit — What an Ideal Location for a Break! —

93► Maryland (Garrett County), Friendsville — The National Road — The Road that Built the Nation —

94► Maryland (Garrett County), Friendsville — 5 — Water Street North, Captain Elijah Monroe Friend —

95► Maryland (Garrett County), Frostburg — The Long Stretch — The Road that Built the Nation —

96► Maryland (Garrett County), Grantsville — Castleman’s River Bridge — (Formerly "Little Youghiogeny") —

97► Maryland (Garrett County), Grantsville — Early Inns — Grantsville — A Heritage of Hospitality —

98► Maryland (Garrett County), Grantsville — Grantsville — A Heritage of Hospitality — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation —

99► Maryland (Garrett County), Grantsville — Leo J. Beachy — Photographing the National Road — The Historic National Road —

100► Maryland (Garrett County), Grantsville — Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West — Garrett County, Maryland —