The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes ThereonSearight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
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The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon
Searight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
Cumberland Road; Pennsylvania -- Biography
Old Tavern at Malden 261
William Greenfield 263
Charles Guttery 265
Billy Robinson 267
Daniel Ward 268
John W. McDowell 270
S. B. Hayes 279
George T. Hammond 281
The Rankin House 283
The Miller House 284
The "S" Bridge 286
David Bell 288
Joseph F. Mayes 291
Mrs. Sarah Beck 292
Col. Moses Shepherd 294
Mrs. Lydia Shepherd 295
John McCortney 296
Bridge over Whitewater River 308
Gen. George W. Cass 311
William Searight 313
William Hopkins 315
Daniel Steenrod 320
W. M. F. Magraw 327
"Crazy Billy" 333
German D. Hair House 353
Dr. Hugh Campbell 354
The Big Water-Trough on Laurel Hill 356
[Illustration: STAGE HOUSE AND STABLES AT MT. WASHINGTON.]
THE OLD PIKE.
CHAPTER I.
_Inception of the Road--Author's Motive in Writing its History--No
History of the Appian Way--A Popular Error Corrected--Henry Clay,
Andrew Stewart, T. M. T. McKennan, Gen. Beeson, Lewis Steenrod and
Daniel Sturgeon--Their Services in Behalf of the Road--Braddock's
Road--Business and Grandeur of the Road--Old and Odd
Names--Taverns--No Beer on the Road--Definition of Turnpike--An Old
Legal Battle._
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