Project Gutenberg 2012-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 104 Hulbert, Archer Butler 1873 1933 04000825 The Cumberland Road Historic Highways of America, Vol. 10 Produced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Cumberland Road" by Archer Butler Hulbert is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the significance and development of the Cumberland Road, also known as the National Road, which was established to facilitate westward expansion in the United States. The book delves into the road's construction, operation, and the societal impact it had on the regions it connected, detailing how it served as a crucial route for settlers and commerce during a transformative period in American history. The opening of the book sets the stage by emphasizing the historical context of the Cumberland Road as a vital artery in the growth of the American frontier. It introduces the reader to the challenges of travel in the early 19th century, the legislative efforts that led to the road's creation, and the initial surveys for its route. Hulbert highlights the road's construction, the varied terrains it crossed, and its role in linking the eastern United States with burgeoning western territories. He foreshadows the impact of this monumental infrastructure in shaping communities and facilitating economic growth, as well as its eventual challenges in terms of maintenance and the evolving transportation landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cumberland Road E151 HE Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 279964 279869 2024-09-17T09:28:44.024755 2023-09-18T04:41:38.704914 text/html text/html 278457 2012-10-13T16:14:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4499263 2012-10-13T16:15:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1856210 2024-09-17T09:28:51.003660 application/epub+zip 1857865 2024-09-17T09:28:45.889677 application/epub+zip 141545 2024-09-17T09:28:44.697728 application/epub+zip 1704254 2024-09-17T09:28:54.772621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1677422 2024-09-17T09:28:50.020650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274506 2022-09-18T18:18:10.209434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220926 220715 2024-09-17T09:28:43.152667 2023-09-18T04:41:37.876906 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 220970 2012-10-13T16:14:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 78931 2012-10-13T16:14:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220960 2012-10-13T16:14:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78905 2012-10-13T16:14:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20320 2024-09-17T09:28:54.917590 application/rdf+xml 13839 2024-09-17T09:28:45.064639 image/jpeg 3571 2024-09-17T09:28:44.880638 image/jpeg 4548911 2024-09-17T09:28:44.094706 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia