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John Kennedy Lacock
AMITY, PA.
POST CARD.
For Corrkspoxdknce
Cumberland Road, Cumberlan \ Md.
For reasons not easy to understand
the Cumberland Road was laid out along
the more westerly deflection over Wills
Mountain by the way of Sandy Gap, in-
stead of by the natural and more favor-
able route through the Narrows of Wills
Creek. The re-location of the first six
miles of the Cumberland Road as
changed in 1833 begins at the corner of
Baltimore and North Mechanic streets
on the east side of Wills Creek. Its
course is up the latter street until the
Narrows is reached, and remains the
line of the present Cumberland Road.
The first Mile Stone at the corner on the
right where Mr. Robert Shriver, presi-
dent of the First National Bank, is
standing, bore the following inscription
"131 to Wheeling to Frostburg 11."
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