Gateway to the West

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