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| View Original: | A historic mile marker on the National Road, the first federal highway (now U.S. 40) across the United States, in Triadelphia, West Virginia LCCN2015632062.tif.tiff (4912x7360) | |||
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| Keywords: A historic mile marker on the National Road, the first federal highway (now U.S. 40) across the United States, in Triadelphia, West Virginia LCCN2015632062.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Congress mandated that a stone marker be placaed on the north side of every mile to tell travelers how many miles they were from Cumberland Maryland the starting point of the highway as well as the distance to closer points As of 2015 six such markers remain in the narrow northern panhandle of West Virginia which carries just 10 miles of the old highway All of the triangular stone obelisks in West Virginia appearances of the markers vary somewhat from state to state lie east of adjacent Wheeling ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632062 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/31900/31987a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 31987 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 31987 40 6 3075 0 N 80 39 5237 0 W alt 0_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||