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Calhoun, J. C., and internal improvements, [145].
California, western trail to, [188]; acquisition of, [191].
Campbell, fur trader, [186].
Canals, early projects, [37]-[38]; inadequacy of, [157]; in the West, [157] et seq.; see also Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Erie Canal, Welland Canal.
Catskill Turnpike, [16].
Céloron de Blainville sends English traders from Ohio country, [25]-[26].
Charleston (S. C.), trails to Tennessee from, [19].
Charleston (Wellsburg) made port of entry, [77].
Charlotte Dundas (steamboat), [109], [110].
Chastellux, Chevalier de, Washington's letter to, [6].
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Washington's vision realized in, [10]; plan for, [132], [143], [144]; Company formed, [145]; engineering difficulties, [146]; state subscription, [148]; contest with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, [150]-[151].
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, [19]; Washington's vision realized in, [10]; follows old route, [152].
Chicago, harbor improvement, [161], [169]; canal terminal, [162]; growth, [162]-[163], [172]; demand for means of transportation, [164], [170]; convention discusses rivers and harbors (1846), [169]; Illinois Central Railroad to, [170].
Chickasaw Trail, [97].
Chillicothe (O.), grant to Zane at, [47].
China, influence on West of opening ports, [191].
Chiswell, Fort, "Warrior's Path" from, [19].
Choctaw Trail, [97].
Chouteau, Robert, [184].
Cincinnati, founded, [68]; ship-building, [76], [180]; made port of entry, [77]; see also Columbia.
Clark, William, fur trader, [186].
Clay, Henry, and internal improvements, [145]; on Western canal project, [155].
Clermont (steamboat), [78], [113]-[114].
Cleveland, demand for means of transportation, [164], [170]; harbor improvement, [169]; growth, [172].
Clinton, DeWitt, Memorial (1816), [127]; and Ohio and Miami canals, [159].
Columbia (Cincinnati), port of entry, [74], [77]; Baily at, [92]; see also Cincinnati.
Comet (steamboat), [78].
Conemaugh River, Kittanning Trail follows, [17].
Congress, Fitch appeals to, [106]; appropriation for canal survey, [145].
Connecticut Path, [16].
Connecticut River, Old Bay Path, [15].
Connellsville (Penn.), growth of, [26].
Converse, J. M., [184].
Cooper, Peter, builds engine Tom Thumb, [150].
Cotton, influence on river navigation, [180].
Cowpens, description of inhabitants, [22]-[24].
Crawford, agent for Washington, letter to, [5].
Crisman, Jesse, owner of Hit or Miss, [140].
Cumberland (Md.), eastern terminus of Cumberland Road, [119].
Cumberland Gap, "Warrior's Path" through, [19]; railroad through, [20].
Cumberland Road, [136]; Washington's vision realized in, [10]; building authorized, [114]-[115]; importance, [116]; plan, [118]-[119]; route, [119]-[120]; building of, [120]-[121]; cost, [121]; stage lines, [122]-[123]; freight traffic, [123]-[124]; extension to Missouri, [132]; Baltimore and, [143]-[144]; bibliography, [199].