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Authorized by Congress in 1796 as Ohio’s first highway and mail route, Zane Trace was marked and cleared in 1797 by Col. Ebenezer Zane. A blazed trail, it became the route of the old stage line from Maysville to Wheeling, used by noted statesmen traveling to and from the southwest and Washington. Treber Inn, erected in 1797, became Travelers rest in 1798, and for over sixty years distinguished guests and weary foot travelers found entertainment nearby. In 1793, Asahel Eddington was slain by Indians, the first white man killed in Adams County.
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