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The
township had no name at the time this map was surveyed.
This show the trail crossing into what is now Center Township
which would be one mile south of Highway US 36 one mile west
of where the highway junction of 178, With the mouse icon over map you will see
the 1007 Plat map of Center Township. There are trails along
the Vermillion River on the lower part of the map. s
"The construction commenced in
1867. In 1870, the company were operating eighty miles of road
westerly from Elwood, which had cost about $1,500,000. During the
year ending October, 1871, fifty-two miles of new road was laid,
making 182 miles of completed road westward from Elwood, and the
company were operating the same to Hanover, Washington County, a
distance of 128 miles. In 1872, it was completed to Hastings, Neb.,
227 miles from the Missouri River."
Below is small map of the trail and the text " Road from Ohio
City to Richmond" and "Indian Trail"
Click on map below to open 2007 plat of Center Township.
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