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Old Wire Road

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20: 269: 322: 66:. It was known simply as the "Wire Road" while the telegraph line was up, but when the line was later removed, it became known as the "Old Wire Road". In St. Louis, where the road begins at 378: 398: 393: 418: 413: 359: 306: 388: 90: 195: 383: 352: 299: 19: 428: 423: 345: 292: 94: 63: 185:
Angus, Fern, "Down the Wire Road in the Missouri Ozarks and Beyond," T&I Publishing, Purdy, MO, revised 2004
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counties in Missouri towards the Arkansas state line. It passed near
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At Springfield, it turned southwest and passed through what is now
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Arkansas Highway 265
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Great Osage Trail
telegraph line
St. Louis, Missouri
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Butterfield Overland Mail
Jefferson Barracks
Springfield, Missouri
Route 14
U.S. Route 66
Interstate 44
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Christian
Stone
Pea Ridge, Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Trail of Tears
Civil War
"The Old Wire Road"
"The Old Wire Road"
"The Wire Road"
the original
"Pea Ridge, Arkansas"
cite web
help
stub

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