TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: EARLY TRAILS AND
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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.