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East and West Trails, No. 5.
Name: Scioto-Monongahela Trail.
Termini: Scioto and Monongahela valleys.
Route: Crossed from Lower Shawnee Town directly eastward to the Muskingum valley. From "Big Rock" (near Roxbury, Ohio) the trail took a southernly course on the watershed between the Muskingum and Ohio to the mouth of the Little Kanawha (Belpre, Ohio). Crossing the Ohio here, the trail ran by way of Dry Ridge and Ten Mile creek into the Monongahela valley.
Remarks: One of the more important routes of war and trade in the West, connecting the Scioto country with the home of the "Long Knives." A branch trail undoubtedly struck the Muskingum at "Duncan's Falls" (Taylorsville, Ohio), from whence a slight trail led straight eastward to "Mingo Bottoms" (near Steubenville, Ohio). For notices, see Hildreth's Sketches of Pioneer History, pp. 204–206; also History of Morgan County, Ohio, pp. 42, 126.
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