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Hancock County IN

• 03.02.10
  TracFone Slept Here
  Hancock County IN (0)

  (Sep 29, cont.) After I crossed I-70 and approached its predecessor, the old National Road, I thought it would be a shame not to cross it and not see an old historic tavern. I wondered if the road was like US-20 in Michigan, where a number of the old houses and taverns from the stagecoach days are still standing. My crossing was at the old community of Cleveland. My north-south took a jog of a few hundred feet, and sure enough, there was an old tavern. This one had a historic marker and ...
  
  
• 02.27.10
  Between Pendleton and US-40
  Hancock County IN (1)

  (Sep 29, cont.) These are a few photos I took on my ride through Hancock County, on my way from Pendleton to Reuben Bentley's home near Carthage in Rush County. It wasn't the kind of sunny afternoon I had hoped for, but there were sometimes a few patches of blue sky. This one was taken near Nashville, on what the UniversalMap calls the Nashville Pike. One of the county histories calls it the Fort Wayne State Road. This part is no longer a state road, but a mile or so ahead it becomes state ...