From an article by Dr. Carl Bogardus, Sr. printed in the Scott County Journal and Chronicle, July 23, 1970. On December 31, 1821, the Bethlehem-Rockford State Road was established. It was surveyed and built in 1822. This was the road which was in 1825 declared a Post Road by the Government, and in 1836 this…
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From an article by Dr. Carl Bogardus, Sr. printed in the Scott County Journal and Chronicle, July 23, 1970. The very first thoroughfares of Indiana, while somewhat remote from interstates of the present day, have yet some relation to the later history of the state, as well as possessing a certain historic value of their…