Re: Military trail

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Jim Slattery (jslats@chorus.net)
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:45:30 -0500



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From: Jim Slattery <jslats@chorus.net>
Subject: Re: Military trail
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:45:30 -0500

I was looking on the WHS site and searched for "Military Road" in images. There are several photos of markers on various routes including one from Superior to the St. Croix River.

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?



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