The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in Indiana. Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts. Hoosier leaders, however, recognized the importance of roads to the growth and economic health of the state, and the needed improvements. They encouraged construction of roads which would do for Indiana what the National Road was doing for the whole country.
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| - The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in Indiana. Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts. Hoosier leaders, however, recognized the importance of roads to the growth and economic health of the state, and the needed improvements. They encouraged construction of roads which would do for Indiana what the National Road was doing for the whole country. (en)
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| - Rochester, Indiana
- Boyleston, Indiana
- Detroit
- Buffalo Trace (road)
- Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act
- Internal improvements
- Historic trails and roads in Indiana
- Chicago Road
- North Madison, Indiana
- Panic of 1837
- Logansport, Indiana
- Macadam
- Madison, Indiana
- Michigan Avenue (Michigan)
- Bryantsburg, Indiana
- U.S. Route 31 in Indiana
- White River (Indiana)
- James B. Ray
- Sycamore Row (road)
- Streets in Indianapolis
- Governor of Indiana
- Pottawatomie Trail of Death
- Greensburg, Indiana
- Interstate 465
- Interstate 65 in Indiana
- Interstate 74
- Jefferson County, Indiana
- Chicago
- Kankakee River
- Lake Michigan
- Plymouth, Indiana
- South Bend, Indiana
- Indiana
- Indiana General Assembly
- Indiana State Road 2
- Indiana State Road 25
- Indiana State Road 29
- Indianapolis
- Michigan City, Indiana
- Michigan Road Toll House
- Napoleon, Indiana
- National Road
- Ohio River
- Ripley County, Indiana
- Shelby County, Indiana
- Washington Street (Indianapolis)
- Pottawatomie
- U.S. Route 20 (Indiana)
- U.S. Route 421 (Indiana)
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| - The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in Indiana. Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts. Hoosier leaders, however, recognized the importance of roads to the growth and economic health of the state, and the needed improvements. They encouraged construction of roads which would do for Indiana what the National Road was doing for the whole country. As early as 1821 the legislature earmarked funds for more than two dozen roads throughout the state. Road building was often the responsibility of the counties, which were empowered to call out a local labor force for construction and provide road viewers, or supervisors. (en)
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