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Missouri Congressman Wants Ocean-to-Ocean Road. FOLLOW HISTORIC TRAILS Houte From Washington to San Francisco Proposed to Embrace the Braddock Road, National Pike, and Other Historic Highway . The construction of an ocean-to ocean “national old trails road” to embrace the Braddock road, Cumber land road, Nations] pike, Boones Lick road, Santa Fe trail, Kearney’s road, Oregon trail and other famous high ways of the early days is proposed in a lot introduced in Congress by Representative Boreland, of Missouri. It would provide a 60-foot highway from Washington to San Francisco and Q Olympia, Wash., the cost to be equally divided between the Federal and State governments. The erection of the general high way foundation, headed by the Presi dent to co-ordinate developments of, highways throughout the country is, provided under a bill introduced by Representative Hobson, of Alabama. The highway proposed by Repre sentative Boreland would run through Frederick county, as it was from Fred erick that General Braddock set out, on his march to the western part of Pennsylvania.
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Frederick Evening Post
Frederick, Maryland, US
Tue, Jan 16, 1912
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