The National Pike, called the “Old Cumberland Road” , was started in 1811 and used to Wheeling in 1817 and by mail coaches from Washington by 1818. Most of it followed the Nemacolin Path and Braddock’s Road from Cumberland, Md.

Marker is on National Road (U.S. 40) east of Wheeling Park Drive, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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