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