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100 1 _aSearight, Thomas B.
_q(Thomas Brownfield)
245 1 4 _aThe Old Pike :
_bA History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-01-07
508 _aProduced by KD Weeks, Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
520 _a"The Old Pike" by Thomas B. Searight is a historical account written in the late 19th century, specifically in 1894. The work traces the history and significance of the National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, which was the first highway in the United States built entirely by the federal government. Through Searight's narrative, readers can expect to explore the road's inception, key figures involved in its development, and the cultural and economic impacts it had on early America. At the start of the book, the author outlines the motivations behind creating a national road and discusses its historical importance compared to the famous Appian Way in Rome. Searight notes the road's inception in 1806 under President Jefferson, highlighting significant contributors like Henry Clay and Andrew Stewart, while also debunking popular myths surrounding its creation. The opening sets the stage for a detailed exploration of not only the construction and development of the road itself but also of the various incidents, anecdotes, and characters that populated this vital artery of transportation in America's early years. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCumberland Road
653 _aPennsylvania -- Biography
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41799
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