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Trails. Military Roads. Remarks.

Venango Trail. Route of Marin's military road from Fort Presque Isle (Erie, Pa.) to Fort La Bœuf (Watertown, Pa.) on French creek. Road over which troops and armament and supplies for the French forts in the Allegheny valley passed.
Nemacolin's Path. Washington's Road from Wills Creek to Fort Necessity and Mt. Braddock in 1754. Route of Braddock's Road from Wills Creek to "Braddock's Field," 1755. First English military road to the Ohio Basin.