The Paths of Inland Commerce: A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Paths of Inland Commerce: A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway Irthegreatamericannoveliseverwritten, ihaa ardthegueesthatitsplotwillbewovenarotmdthe theme of American transportation. For that has been the vital factor in the national development of the United States. Every problem in the building oftherepuhlichasbeen.inthelastanalysie, a problem in transportation. The author of such a novelwillfindarichfundofmaterialintheper petual rivalries of pack-horseman and wagoner. Of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.