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Author: Tamie Dehler
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How about the McKinley Inn (1834)? It was located east of Brazil, Ind., near the current
town of Harmony, on the Rational Road. Presidents Lincoln, Van Buren, and Buchanan lodged
there as well as Henry Clay.
Also this is info I got from an historical Clay Co. map: "Nine taverns or inns lined
the National Road through Clay County [Ind.] in the 1830s-1860s. Located at 1/2 mile
intervals, they offered shelter and food for thousands of settlers pushing west. From
east to west they were: James Townsend--Eaglesfield, Preston Morgan--Croy Creek, Mckinnley
Inn--Harmony, Hull-Wishard--Brazil, Phillip Hedge's, William Kennedy--Kennedy's
Crossing, Scranton-Sullivan--Billtown, La Master Inn, and George
Carpenter--Cloverland." The punctuation on the map makes this a bit confusing.
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