قراءة كتاب The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes thereon

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The Old Pike
A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents,
and Anecdotes thereon

The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes thereon

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class="tdc">CHAPTER XIV.

Appropriations by Congress at Various Times for Making, Repairing, and Continuing the Road 100-106 CHAPTER XV. Speech of Hon. T. M. T. McKennan 107-108 CHAPTER XVI. Life on the Road—Origin of the Phrase Pike Boys—Slaves Driven like Horses—Race Distinction at the Old Taverns—Old Wagoners—Regulars and Sharpshooters— Line Teams 109-115 CHAPTER XVII. Old Wagoners continued—Broad and Narrow Wheels— Peculiar Wagon—An Experiment and a Failure—Wagon Beds—Bell Teams 116-119 CHAPTER XVIII. Old Wagoners continued 120-126 CHAPTER XIX. Old Wagoners continued—The Harness they Used, etc. 127-133 CHAPTER XX. Old Wagoners continued—An Exciting Incident of the Political Campaign of 1840—All about a Petticoat—A Trip to Tennessee—Origin of the Toby Cigar—The Rubber—The Windup and Last Lay of the Old Wagoners 134-145 CHAPTER XXI.   Stage Drivers, Stage Lines and Stage Coaches—The Postillion, etc. 146-155 CHAPTER XXII.   Stages and Stage Drivers continued—Character of Drivers Defended—Styles of Driving—Classification of Drivers, etc. 156-163 CHAPTER XXIII.   The First Mail Coaches—The Stage Yard at Uniontown—Names of Coaches—Henry Clay and the Drivers—Jenny Lind and Phineas T. Barnum on the Road, etc., etc. 164-174 CHAPTER XXIV.   Stages and Stage Drivers continued—Gen. Taylor Approaching Cumberland—Early Coaches, etc. 175-183 CHAPTER XXV.   Distinguished Stage Proprietors—Lucius W. Stockton, James Reeside, Dr. Howard Kennedy, William H. Stelle—Old Stage Agents—The Pony Express 184-191 CHAPTER XXVI.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers from Baltimore to Boonsboro—Pen Picture of an Old Tavern by James G. Blaine 192-196 CHAPTER XXVII.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Boonsboro to Cumberland 197-203 CHAPTER XXVIII.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Cumberland to the Little Crossings—The City of Cumberland 204-208 CHAPTER XXIX.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Little Crossings to Winding Ridge—Grantsville 209-213 CHAPTER XXX.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Winding Ridge to the Big Crossings—The State Line—How it is Noted 214-219 CHAPTER XXXI.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Big Crossings to Mt. Washington 220-226 CHAPTER XXXII.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Mt. Washington to Uniontown 227-233 CHAPTER XXXIII.   Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Uniontown—The Town as it Appeared to Gen. Douglass in 1784—Its Subsequent Growth and Improvement, etc., etc. 234-243

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