Gateway to the West

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Across
  1. 1. Where the National Road begins
  2. 4. Caused the Wheeling Suspesnion Bridge to collapse in 1852
  3. 9. America's first highway
  4. 10. Made traveling along the National Road difficult during the Winter
  5. 11. We built steam boats and lived in North Wheeling
  6. 12. Where you would socialize in a tavern
  7. 14. I built stone bridges in Ohio County for the National Road
  8. 15. Made traveling along the National Road difficult during the Spring
  9. 18. I built the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
  10. 19. Roads This led to a decline of travel along the National Road
  11. 20. We built a covered bridge across the back channel of the Ohio River in 1836
Down
  1. 2. We arrived in Wheeling 1803 to pick up our perioge
  2. 3. Feuded with the Shepherds
  3. 5. Made traveling along the National Road difficult during the Summer
  4. 6. Along with automobiles, _________ led to an increase in travel on the National Road
  5. 7. Authorized construction of the National Road
  6. 8. What type of barn did the Shepherds build on their property
  7. 13. The National Road originally ended here
  8. 14. 2 miles to Wheeling
  9. 16. Often taken apart once their destination was reached
  10. 17. Was once called “silk stocking row”
  11. 18. A town along the National Road named after a famous Congressman