Project Gutenberg 2013-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 187 Searight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield) Searight, Thomas Brownfield 01015992 The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon Produced 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.) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41799/41799-h/images/cover.jpg en Cumberland Road Pennsylvania -- Biography HE Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 1231452 1230814 2024-09-17T13:40:02.193627 2023-09-18T08:30:55.882051 text/html text/html 1252148 2013-01-07T12:49:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3837969 2013-01-07T12:49:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3990299 2024-09-17T13:40:18.398583 application/epub+zip 4015105 2024-09-17T13:40:04.899667 application/epub+zip 508382 2024-09-17T13:40:03.512631 application/epub+zip 4320649 2024-09-17T13:40:28.327987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4253376 2024-09-17T13:40:16.827575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759169 2022-09-19T06:43:53.058229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1122742 1122521 2024-09-17T13:39:59.698631 2023-09-18T08:30:53.269028 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1122661 2013-01-07T12:49:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 383592 2013-01-07T12:49:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1122654 2013-01-07T12:49:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 383566 2013-01-07T12:49:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20371 2024-09-17T13:40:28.497975 application/rdf+xml 10897 2024-09-17T13:40:03.689610 image/jpeg 2342 2024-09-17T13:40:03.601598 image/jpeg 3864235 2024-09-17T13:40:02.485622 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