Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn

Chatburn, George R., 1863-1940

Chapter 3: CHAPTER II

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Chapter 3: CHAPTER II

TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: EARLY TRAILS AND ROADS 34 First Settlements near Coast. Birch Bark Canoe, Meagerness of Roads. Settlement follows Waterways. Portages. Lines of Travel -- Through Alleghanies, from the North, Boone’s Trace or the Wilderness Road, Calk’s Diary. Explorations -- Marquette, Lewis and Clark, Fur Companies. Western Trails -- Oregon, Salt Lake, Later California, Santa Fé, Gila and Spanish. Turnpike Roads, Wagon Road Neglect, National Participation -- Cumberland Road. Early Inns.
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