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The Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway

Name: The Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway
Author: Hulbert, Archer Butler

Hulbert, Archer Butler

Transportation -- United States -- History

S.
Sacramento, stage line to, 189.
St. Clair (brig), 76.
St. Joseph (Mo.), stage line from, 189.
St. Lawrence canal system, 160.
St. Louis, shipbuilding, 180; headquarters for fur trade, 186; trade
with Santa Fé, 187.
St. Mary's River Ship Canal, 164, 167, 168.
Salt Lake City, stage line to, 189.
Samson (lake freighter), 169.
Sandusky, port of entry, 74.
San Francisco, Overland Trail to, 189.
San Lorenzo, Treaty of, 75.
Santa Fé, trade with, 187.
Santa Fé Trail, 191.
"Sapphire Country," 19, 152.
Saturday Advertiser, Liverpool, on the Duane, 76-77.
Schoph, J. D., crosses mountains in chaise, 66.
Schuylkill-Susquehanna Canal, 35.
Searight describes freight wagons on Cumberland Road, 123-124.
Sellers, Captain Isaiah, 182.
Shreve, Henry, builds double-decked steamboat, 79; invents flat-bottomed
steamboat, 175.
Society for Promoting the Improvement of Roads and Inland Navigation,
31, 34-35, 39, 54.
South, trade with, 65; demands for commerce, 174.
Southern Belle (steamboat), 181.
Southern Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 29.
Southern Railway, 19.
Stanton, E. M., has model of J. M. White, 186.
Stephenson, Robert, on Pennsylvania Canal, 140.
Stevens, E. A., invents twin-screw propeller, 104.
Sublette, fur trader, 186.
Sultana (steamboat), 181.
Superior (steamboat), 156, 167.
Superior, Lake, copper and iron deposits near, 164; commerce from, 
166-167.
Susquehanna River, Washington foresees joining to West, 8.


T.
Taverns, 56-57, 82-83.
Taylor, Acting-Governor of New York, and Erie Canal, 127, 128.
Tennessee, trails to, 19; cotton exports, 180.
Tennessee Path, Baily on, 96.
Thackeray, W. M., quoted, 135.
Thomas, P. E., and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 149.
Thompson, Chief Justice of New York, and Erie Canal, 127.
Toledo (O.), demand for transportation facilities, 164.
"Toledo War," 164-165, 194.
Tom Thumb, Peter Cooper's engine, 150.
Transportation, Conestoga wagons, 57-58, 86; steamboats, 100 et seq.;
stagecoaches, 122; "J. Murphy wagons," 190; see also Canals, Ferries,
Horses, Railroads, Roads.
Tupper, General Benjamin, 104.
Twain, Mark, cited, 181.
Tyson, Jonathan, 52.


U.
Unaka Mountains, see Alleghanies.
Union Canal, 35, 139, 151; see also Pennsylvania Canal.
Union Pacific Railroad, 191, 193.
Uniontown (Penn.), growth of, 26.


V.
Vandalia (lake freighter), 168.
Vesuvius (steamboat), 78.
Virginia, Washington's vision of trade routes for, 10; Indian trails,
18; roads, 44-45, 49, 119; negroes, 85; tobacco, 85; canals, 136, 144.
Virginia Road (Braddock's Road), 51.

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The Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway

Hulbert, Archer Butler

Transportation -- United States -- History

S.
Sacramento, stage line to, 189.
St. Clair (brig), 76.
St. Joseph (Mo.), stage line from, 189.
St. Lawrence canal system, 160.
St. Louis, shipbuilding, 180; headquarters for fur trade, 186; trade
with Santa Fé, 187.
St. Mary's River Ship Canal, 164, 167, 168.
Salt Lake City, stage line to, 189.
Samson (lake freighter), 169.
Sandusky, port of entry, 74.
San Francisco, Overland Trail to, 189.
San Lorenzo, Treaty of, 75.
Santa Fé, trade with, 187.
Santa Fé Trail, 191.
"Sapphire Country," 19, 152.
Saturday Advertiser, Liverpool, on the Duane, 76-77.
Schoph, J. D., crosses mountains in chaise, 66.
Schuylkill-Susquehanna Canal, 35.
Searight describes freight wagons on Cumberland Road, 123-124.
Sellers, Captain Isaiah, 182.
Shreve, Henry, builds double-decked steamboat, 79; invents flat-bottomed
steamboat, 175.
Society for Promoting the Improvement of Roads and Inland Navigation,
31, 34-35, 39, 54.
South, trade with, 65; demands for commerce, 174.
Southern Belle (steamboat), 181.
Southern Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 29.
Southern Railway, 19.
Stanton, E. M., has model of J. M. White, 186.
Stephenson, Robert, on Pennsylvania Canal, 140.
Stevens, E. A., invents twin-screw propeller, 104.
Sublette, fur trader, 186.
Sultana (steamboat), 181.
Superior (steamboat), 156, 167.
Superior, Lake, copper and iron deposits near, 164; commerce from, 
166-167.
Susquehanna River, Washington foresees joining to West, 8.


T.
Taverns, 56-57, 82-83.
Taylor, Acting-Governor of New York, and Erie Canal, 127, 128.
Tennessee, trails to, 19; cotton exports, 180.
Tennessee Path, Baily on, 96.
Thackeray, W. M., quoted, 135.
Thomas, P. E., and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 149.
Thompson, Chief Justice of New York, and Erie Canal, 127.
Toledo (O.), demand for transportation facilities, 164.
"Toledo War," 164-165, 194.
Tom Thumb, Peter Cooper's engine, 150.
Transportation, Conestoga wagons, 57-58, 86; steamboats, 100 et seq.;
stagecoaches, 122; "J. Murphy wagons," 190; see also Canals, Ferries,
Horses, Railroads, Roads.
Tupper, General Benjamin, 104.
Twain, Mark, cited, 181.
Tyson, Jonathan, 52.


U.
Unaka Mountains, see Alleghanies.
Union Canal, 35, 139, 151; see also Pennsylvania Canal.
Union Pacific Railroad, 191, 193.
Uniontown (Penn.), growth of, 26.


V.
Vandalia (lake freighter), 168.
Vesuvius (steamboat), 78.
Virginia, Washington's vision of trade routes for, 10; Indian trails,
18; roads, 44-45, 49, 119; negroes, 85; tobacco, 85; canals, 136, 144.
Virginia Road (Braddock's Road), 51.

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