[Gutenberg 41799] • The Old Pike / A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon
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- Authors
- Searight, Thomas B.
- Publisher
- Heritage Books
- Tags
- pennsylvania -- biography , cumberland road
- ISBN
- 9781556134074
- Date
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.68 MB
- Lang
- en
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