By the early-to-mid-19th century, settlers laid a telegraph line along the road (it continued south from Springfield to Fort Smith, Arkansas). It then was called the "Wire Road" and later the "Old Wire Road" after the telegraph line came down.
By the early-to-mid-19th century, settlers constructed a telegraph line along the road (it extended south from Springfield to Fort Smith, Arkansas). It was then known as the "Wire Road" and later the "Old Wire Road" after the telegraph line ceased operation.