Zanes Trace

The words

FHWA: Zane’s Trace - Back in Time (opens a new tab)

1. Chillicothe

   Ohio town reachable by wagons after the trace was improved.

2. Deep Ruts

   Wheel-worn grooves that made trace travel difficult.

3. Der Ohio Adler

   German-language newspaper of Lancaster, Ohio.

4. Ebenezer Zane

   Road builder whose name became attached to Zane’s Trace.

5. Ferries

   River-crossing services established along the trace.

6. Hocking

   River crossed by Zane’s Trace at Lancaster, Ohio.

7. Horseback

   Early mode of travel on the narrow trace.

8. Land Grants

   Land awarded in payment for surveying the trace.

9. Market

   Place of exchange to which farmers carried crops along Zane’s Trace.

10. Maysville

    Modern name of the Kentucky river town at the trace’s end.

11. New Concord

    Ohio community along the trace near Zanesville.

12. Scioto

    River crossed by the trace.

13. Statehood

    Ohio’s 1803 political transition preceding road-improvement funds.

14. Surveying

    Work whose costs were paid through land grants.

15. Widening

    Expansion of the trace’s roadway in 1800.