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The Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway

By Archer Butler Hulbert

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A survey of American development as it is bound up with the history of transportation. Covers the early methods such as wagoner, pack-horseman, riverman and canal boatman, thru the perfection of the steamboat and the beginnings of the modern railroads.

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THE PATHS OF INLAND COMMERCE,
- A CHRONICLE OF TRAIL, ROAD, AND WATERWAY
- Contents
- PREFACE
THE PATHS OF INLAND COMMERCE
- CHAPTER I. The Man Who Caught The Vision
- CHAPTER II. The Red Man's Trail
- CHAPTER III. The Mastery Of The Rivers
- CHAPTER IV. A Nation On Wheels
- CHAPTER V. The Flatboat Age
- CHAPTER VI. The Passing Show Of 1800
- CHAPTER VII. The Birth Of The Steamboat
- CHAPTER VIII. The Conquest Of The Alleghanies
- CHAPTER IX. The Dawn Of The Iron Age
- CHAPTER X. THE PATHWAY OF THE LAKES
- CHAPTER XI. The Steamboat And The West
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE