For more information on “The Main Indian Paths And Migration Trails In Pennsylvania” .. check out the following site: http://www.mcn org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm BRADDOCK'S ROAD - Nemaolin's Path - The Cumberland Trail Nemacolin's Path was named for the Delaware Indian who assisted Colonel Thomas Cresap in blazing a path from Cumberland, Maryland to a trading post of the Ohio Company of Virginia at present-day Brownsville, PA. Soon after, the governor of Virginia sent Major George Washington to expel the French from British territory. He widened the trail to accommodate his supply wagons and that portion became known as Washington's Road. Later during the French and Indian War a company of 600 soldiers under the command of Major General Edward Braddock set out from Ft. Cumberland to widen Washington's old road through Maryland, past the ruins of Fort Necessity on into western Pennsylvania. This became the Braddock Road or The Cumberland Road and its extension West became known as the National Road and today is called U.S. Route 40. It was the first highway built entirely with federal funds. Braddock died near the site of Fort Necessity and was buried in the road to conceal his grave. In 1804 the remains were re-entered on a small knoll adjacent to the road. Early Catholic families from County Donegal, Ireland landed at New Castle on the Delaware River south of Philadelphia and took Braddock's Road by way of Cumberland to Jacob's Creek near Connellsville. From here the passed through Westmoreland and crossed the Allegheny River at Freeport and settled in Armstrong and northern Butler County. Since the Cumberland Trail passed the Catawba Trail near Uniontown and terminated at Brownsville, other travelers may have flat boated the Monongahela to the Ohio and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Today is tomorrow's history." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002