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Show 1800] ROUTES OP TRAVEL Another well- known route from north to south was the Miami Trail. North of the Ohio it had several branches in the Little and Great Miami valleys, but they all converged on the Ohio River near the mouth of the Licking. After crossing the Ohio the trail ran south to the water- shed between the Green and the Cumberland rivers, where it forked, one branch continuing straight on to the Cherokee country, while the other joined the Scioto Trail on its way through Cumberland Gap. An important effect of the topography of America on its history is seen in the development of the important roads which were later constructed along the line of the old Indian routes. Of these Braddock's Road followed NemacoljiL's Path; and the Cumberland^ Road, built early in the nineteenth century, took the same line over the divide. The road to Pittsburg, finished by General " Forbes in 1758,1 followed the old trading trail through Carlisle, Shipperis-burg, and Bedford, and soon became the main thoroughfare to its objective point, though Braddock's Road was much used by those coming from Virginia. Another important route was discovered when progress westward from Virginia was stopped by the Alleghany range and the Cumberland escarpment; and the early pioneers turned south along the great valley into western Virginia and eastern Tennessee, following the old war- path to the Cherokee district. Having thus rounded the mountains, the 1 Hulbert, Old Glade Road. • I TOL, II.- 3 |