Historical marker tour: The trailblazing Scioto Trail
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A historical marker for the Scioto Trail in Upper Arlington, seen in snowier times. Photos: Tyler Buchanan/Axios
Our Franklin County Historical Marker tour brings us to Upper Arlington for a trail once considered the most important in the Old Northwest.
The marker: Scioto Trail, on the path just south of 2875 Lane Road.
Flashback: Native Americans built trails following waterways like this one that runs alongside the Scioto River.
- The trail once stretched all the way from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
- It was used for warfare, trade and migration, the marker reads, and much later it guided the building of Route 33 through Franklin County.
Today, a newer route called the Scioto Trail travels along the river and through parts of downtown.
The intrigue: Near the marker is the burial site of Kihue (also known as Bill Moose), whose epitaph calls him the "last of the Wyandots" in the area.
- Kihue died in 1937 at 99 years old and a 9-foot memorial structure was built using boulders from the nearby river.
4️⃣3️⃣ down, 85 to go.
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