"Hull's Trace, which linker Detroit and Ohio, was to be Michigan territory's inland lifeline during the War of 1812. However, the Detroit River and Lake Erie gave the British easy access to the Michigan portion of the road.
"American efforts to use the road to bring supplies and men from Frenchtown, present-day Monroe (Michigan), were foiled twice before Hull surrendered Detroit on August 16, 1812.
"After the war, Hull's Trace was used for ever-improving roads, beginning in 1817 with a new military road. In 2000, low water levels in the Huron River revealed a quarter-mile of old corduroy road, lying three to six feet beneath Jefferson Avenue.
"Ax marks were visible on some of the logs. This rare example of a surviving corduroy road is listed in the National Register of Historic Places."
--Brock-Perry
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