The Old Military Road - Revision history

Phil at 05:40, 25 February 2010

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Phil at 00:58, 17 October 2009

2009-10-17T00:58:01Z

Phil at 00:42, 17 October 2009

2009-10-17T00:42:24Z

Phil: New page: '''The Old Military Road''' from Memphis to Little Rock opened in 1827. The road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 in 1824. ==References== *Ira Don Richards, ...

2008-07-17T21:16:09Z

New page: '''The Old Military Road''' from Memphis to Little Rock opened in 1827. The road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 in 1824. ==References== *Ira Don Richards, ...

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'''The Old Military Road''' from Memphis to Little Rock opened in 1827. The road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 in 1824.

==References==

*Ira Don Richards, ''Story of a Rivertown: Little Rock in the Nineteenth Century'' (1969), 18.

==External links==

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:40, 25 February 2010
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−	The '''Old Military Road''' (also known as the '''Memphis Military Road''') from Memphis to [[Little Rock]] opened in 1828.	+	The '''Old Military Road''' (also known as the '''Memphis Military Road''', '''Old Wire Road''', and '''Old Stagecoach Road''') from Memphis to [[Little Rock]] opened in 1828.

	The twenty-four foot wide road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 under the Road Survey Bill of 1824. The road supervisor on the Old Military Road was Lt. [[Frederick L. Griffith]]. The road contract required cutting down tens of thousands of trees, filling swamplands, and digging drainage ditches. The road project began on January 27, 1826. In October of that same year Lt. [[Charles Thomas]] took over road supervision duties. The road project was completed in August 1828.		The twenty-four foot wide road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 under the Road Survey Bill of 1824. The road supervisor on the Old Military Road was Lt. [[Frederick L. Griffith]]. The road contract required cutting down tens of thousands of trees, filling swamplands, and digging drainage ditches. The road project began on January 27, 1826. In October of that same year Lt. [[Charles Thomas]] took over road supervision duties. The road project was completed in August 1828.

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−	The '''Old Military Road''' (also known as the '''Memphis Military Road''') from Memphis to [[Little Rock]] opened in 1828. The road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 under the Road Survey Bill of 1824.	+	The '''Old Military Road''' (also known as the '''Memphis Military Road''') from Memphis to [[Little Rock]] opened in 1828.
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		+	The twenty-four foot wide road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 under the Road Survey Bill of 1824. The road supervisor on the Old Military Road was Lt. [[Frederick L. Griffith]]. The road contract required cutting down tens of thousands of trees, filling swamplands, and digging drainage ditches. The road project began on January 27, 1826. In October of that same year Lt. [[Charles Thomas]] took over road supervision duties. The road project was completed in August 1828.

	==References==		==References==

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:42, 17 October 2009
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−	'''~~The~~ Old Military Road''' from Memphis to Little Rock opened in ~~1827~~. The road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 in 1824.	+	The '''Old Military Road''' (also known as the '''Memphis Military Road''') from Memphis to [[Little Rock]] opened in 1828. The road was paid for by a U.S. Congressional appropriation of $15,000 under the Road Survey Bill of 1824.

	==References==		==References==