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East and West Trails, No. 2.
Name: The Mahoning Trail.
Termini: Fort Pitt and Fort Sandusky.
Route: Left the "Great Trail" near the mouth of the Beaver—ascended the Beaver and Mahoning valleys—crossed the watershed to the portage between Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers—followed watershed until the Great Trail was met on head of Sandusky river—descended Sandusky river to Fort Sandusky.
Remarks: A trail of the second class, used perhaps largely by runners between Fort Detroit and the Pennsylvania frontier, to avoid passing over the Great Trail. Referred to incidentally in Zeisberger's Diary; also see Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, vol. ii., p. 627. For best map, see Heckewelder's.
