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The National Pike
Bethlehem, West Virginia
Historical Marker Database · Allen C. Browne
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The National Pike, called the “Old Cumberland Road,” was started in 1811 and was used to Wheeling in 1817 and by mail coaches from Washington by 1818. Most of it followed the Nemacolin Path and Braddock’s Road from Cumberland, Md.
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Bethlehem, West Virginia · USA
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