Message-Id: <64ACD4FC-E95A-4DBE-B12B-BB25D41D05A8@chorus.net> From: Jim Slattery <jslats@chorus.net> Subject: Re: Military trail Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:36:40 -0500
Hi
There's a photograph of the Old MIlitary Trail (with a lot of the
history of it) on the Wisconsin Historical Society website
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org
go to the photos and images page. I think the key words "Cole
Military" will get it, if not, do an advanced search for "Cole, Harry"
as creator and Military Road in the description box. Cole said it
went from Green Bay to Marquette. He is the author of the book
"Stagecoach and Tavern Tales of the Old Northwest" and I bet has
something about it in there - the book was published in 1930 and most
libraries have it. It's also available in a more recent printing on
Amazon.
(I volunteer at WHS and scanned the image a couple of months ago)
Jim Slattery
On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Marcie Braski wrote:
> Hi
> Does anyone have knowledge about the Military Trail during the Civil
> War that went from Green Bay to Superior? The route was purported
> to bypass more lakes than another route.The trail was made for
> Cavalry use to protect the settlers from Indians.. Then there were
> no hostile Indians. A local person related that he had read about it
> and it goes thru my property in Price County. The ruts are still
> visible in places on nearby land. Anyone have access to history
> books on this subject or location of the trail from Price county to
> Superior?