UNIT III B - ACTIVITY SHEET

52
to
Cumberland
to
Smithfield
11		 Mile Marker 79
to
Wheeling
to
Uniontown
11

1. If you were traveling the National Road in the 1800's and stopped by this mile marker you could use it to determine how far it was from one town to another.

      Line depicting travel from Wheeling to Cumberland with mile marker between cities 

How many miles to Cumberland?_________________________________
If you were in Smithfield, how many miles to Cumberland? __________
How many miles to Wheeling? ___________________________________
How far is it from Cumberland to Wheeling? ____________________
Which two towns are the same distance from the mile marker? _____________________________________________________________
2. Why would these mile markers have Cumberland and Wheeling printed in larger letters than other towns?