The National Old Trails Road: The Great Historic Highway of America; a Brief Resume of the Principal Events Connected with the Rebuilding of the Old Cumberland--now the National Old Trails Road--from Washington and Baltimore to Los Angeles |
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... in- telligence foresaw it , and with the Fairfaxes began the construc- tion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal , to connect the waters of Chesapeake Bay , through the Potomac with the Ohio River 12 NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD.
... in- telligence foresaw it , and with the Fairfaxes began the construc- tion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal , to connect the waters of Chesapeake Bay , through the Potomac with the Ohio River 12 NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD.
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... Canal , and with his surveyor's chain was mapping a wagon road from that point to the Ohio River . It was on this occasion that he and Gallatin , whose name is forever associated with road history , first met and formed a lasting ...
... Canal , and with his surveyor's chain was mapping a wagon road from that point to the Ohio River . It was on this occasion that he and Gallatin , whose name is forever associated with road history , first met and formed a lasting ...
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... Canal . " A contract was made with Henry McKinley of the building of the first section of this road , at the rate of $ 21.25 a rod . " In 1811 the road was laid out and completed to the Ohio River . In 1818 it began its great march from ...
... Canal . " A contract was made with Henry McKinley of the building of the first section of this road , at the rate of $ 21.25 a rod . " In 1811 the road was laid out and completed to the Ohio River . In 1818 it began its great march from ...
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... canals which can best be executed under the National authority . No objects within the circle of political economy so richly repay the expense bestowed on them ; there are none the utility of which is more universally ascertained and ...
... canals which can best be executed under the National authority . No objects within the circle of political economy so richly repay the expense bestowed on them ; there are none the utility of which is more universally ascertained and ...
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... Canal must be abandoned ; the title to millions of acres of the public domain given to the railroads is invalidated ; every postoffice and custom house must be sold and the proceeds returned to the treasury , from which it has been ...
... Canal must be abandoned ; the title to millions of acres of the public domain given to the railroads is invalidated ; every postoffice and custom house must be sold and the proceeds returned to the treasury , from which it has been ...
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