January 24, 2024
Pictorial History of U.S. Route 250 in Ohio/WV/VA-116 pages/400+ images
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U.S. Route 250 was established in the late 1920s as part of the new federal highway system. Within a few years, the road stretched more than 500 miles from Sandusky, Ohio to Richmond, Virginia, the former home of the Confederate States of America. In the process, the route travels through some of the more rugged terrain of Appalachia in West Virginia and Virginia, crossing Allegheny Mountain at an elevation of more than 4200 feet. This book explores the original road as well as its various realignments over the years. Aided by nearly 450 black and white images of photos, postcards, etc., the story of a fascinating American road is told. In particular, the route's numerous links to Civil War battle sites in the Virginias are detailed. Noted generals Robert E. Lee, Philip Sheridan, George Armstrong Custer, Robert Milroy, Edward Allegheny Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, and Jubal Early fought in battles along the road's course. Much of what is today known as Route 250 was originally carved through the region as part of the turnpike era of pre-Civil War Virginia (in what is now West Virginia). Much of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike and other lesser-known roads later evolved into Route 250, linking it to the region's earliest settlers. In Virginia, a large section of the route was originally part of the Three Notch'd Road, known to have
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