by Shepherd, D.O.

See previous entry: Little Home Histories, Part 13 -- William 'Black Bill' Bundy.

This road was surveyed by the State through Belmont County and other counties. It paralleled the National road and entered the county from the west, near Barnesville and extended through Tacoma, the site of Bethesda, Jacobsburg, and crossed the Ohio River at the flats of Graves Creek, which was on the West Virginia side.

It was used chiefly as a drove road after the National was macadamized or stoned. The hard road was very damaging to the animals hoofs so the clay pike was used during the 1830s for driving all kinds of stock, but cattle predominated. A number of farmers made a business of feeding and caring for these droves. The drover would start in central or southern Ohio and plan to fatten the stock by the time he reached the eastern market, with his droves.

After the railroad was completed, this road soon became just an ordinary road.

Source: Written by: Dr. D. O. Shepherd, Barnesville, Ohio.

See next entry: Little Home Histories, Part 15 -- The Francis Davis House.

For the table of contents and first entry in this series, please see: Little Home Histories, Part 01 -- Table of Contents and Introduction.

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