[Gutenberg 41152] • Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers

[Gutenberg 41152] • Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers
Authors
Hulbert, Archer Butler
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Tags
roads -- united states , 1755 , united states highway 40 , braddock's campaign
ISBN
9780260507716
Date
1903-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.78 MB
Lang
en
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Excerpt from Historic Highways of America, Vol. 4: Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers

The building of Braddock's Road in 1755 across the Alleghenies was the first signifi cant token in the West of the British grit which finally overcame. Few roads ever cost so much, ever amounted to so little at first, and then finally played so important a part in the development of any continent.

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