Moody, John, The Railroad Builders, cited, 157 (note). Morey, Samuel, inventor of stern-wheeler, 104, 109, 110. Morgantown (Penn.), growth of, 26. Morris, Gouverneur, of New York, 31, 36. N. Nashville (Tenn.), trails to, 19. Natchez (Miss.), Baily at, 93, 97. Natchez Trace, 96. National, stagecoach line, 122. Nemacolin Path, 18, 25. Newberry, Oliver, of Detroit, builds Michigan, 168. New Madrid, Baily at, 93. New Orleans, made open port, 75; Baily at, 95; steamboat tonnage of (1843), 181. New Orleans (steamboat), 180, 181, 187. New York (State), Washington foresees communication lines of, 9; canal project, 35-38; roads, 44, 59; Livingston obtains steamboat monopoly, 109; steamboat grant to Livingston, Roosevelt and Fulton, 111; railroads, 151, 153; see also Erie Canal. New York Central Railroad, 153; Washington and, 9; follows Mohawk Trail, 16, 17. New York City, Baily at, 84; Erie Canal and, 125, 126; tonnage compared to that of river ports, 181. Niagara, French at, 25. Niagara (steamboat), 156. Nickel Plate Railroad, 17. Northwest, Deane's plan for, 2-3; navigation of Great Lakes, 154 et seq.; immigration to, 167-168. O. Ogden, Aaron, vs. Gibbon, 132. Ohio, migration to, 67; growth of population, 116, 156; and Cumberland Road, 117; canals, 157-160; admitted as State (1802), 158; railroads, 171; influence of river trade on, 180. Ohio and Lake Erie Company, 145. Ohio Canal, 157, 159, 168, 169. Ohio River, Washington and, 8, 12; access of French and English to, 25; value of cargoes on (1800), 74; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reaches (1853), 151, 183; navigation, 180. Old Bay Path, 15, 16. Ontario (steamboat), 156. Orange, Fort (Albany), 16; see also Albany. Ordinance of 1787, 170. Oregon, western trail to, 188; effect of acquisition on transportation, 191. Orleans (steamboat), 78. Ormsbee, of Connecticut, makes steamboat model, 104. Ottawa (Ill.) canal terminal, 162. Overland Stage Company, 189. Overland Trail, 189, 191.