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Rh main valley trail had gone inland for a short cut as described.

Another class of trails were those which became the great routes of trade and became known as fur routes or trader's paths. These routes followed any path which offered an expeditious and stable course to the objective points to be reached. For instance, the Sandusky-Richmond fur route was by way of several great river trails and a war path. But frequently, as time went on, the courses of the Indian ponies laden with peltry, and the white traders' ponies stocked with weapons, trinkets, and liquor, revolutionized the traveled ways of the interior of the continent.