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142 ing of rusty signs on their ancient tavern posts tell, with inexpressible pathos, that

From many of the sweeping stretches of this great road you may look to the hilltop where Washington dragged his swivels over the Indian path; nearer, perhaps close by, may be seen the great gorges of Braddock's Road—strange monuments to the indomitable British grit which finally overcame. And between these three great streams of human history you may read the story of the marvelous centuries now passed away.