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Until the coming of the railroads west of the Allegheny mountains in 1852, the National Road was the one great highway over which passed the bulk of trade and travel, and mai.

It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.

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Old Pike A History of the National Road, With Incidents, Accidents and Anecdotes Thereon This road, opened in 1818, began at Cumberland, Maryland, and ended in Illinois. Until the coming of the railroads west of the Allegheny mountains in 1852, the National Road was the one great highway over which passed the bulk of trade and travel, and mai. Specifications.

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Thomas Brownfield Searight1 stycznia 1894. It then continues into descriptions of life on the road and the sites you would see along the road. Then the descriptions of the wagoners, stages, stagecoach drivers, mail coaches, old taverns and taverkeepers begin and take you along the road from Baltimore, Maryland to where the road disappears among the prairies of Illinois.

Letter from james g. blaine. Transcriber’s End Notes.

The Cumberland Road (also known as the National Road) was the first highway built entirely with federal funds. It ran from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois. Its construction began in 1811 and ended in 1839. This book tells the road's story: the politics of creating the road, its building and everyday life on and along the road. The Old Pike: A History of The National Road and Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon," 1894, front.

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