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(Editorial Note: Part 199 of a series of further development in the early days that impacted Franklin County. Sources: Franklin County Citizen, 1920-29; Gentile Valley, The First 100 Years by Thatcher Ward) The roads in this part of frontier America at the turn of the 20th century were often not more than a widened path. At best they were dirt roads created for stagecoach and freight wagons to transport people and supplies to mines and scattered town sites that were, bit by bit, being organized and finding a place on the old maps. Rough with rocks, dust, potholes, roads were often just two parallel ruts pointing into the distance. Travelers were tossed around, jolted from side to side and so when they alighted from their travels, they were not only tired but often bruised. ....