CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]PAGES
Inception of the Road—Author’s Motive in Writing itsHistory—No History of the Appian Way—A Popular ErrorCorrected—Henry Clay, Andrew Stewart, T. M. T.McKennan, General Beeson, Lewis Steenrod and DanielSturgeon—Their Services in Behalf of the Road, etc.,etc.13-19
[CHAPTER II.]
Origin of the Fund for Making the Road—Acts for theAdmission of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri,etc., etc.20-24
[CHAPTER III.]
The Act of Congress Authorizing the Laying Out and Makingof the Road25-27
[CHAPTER IV.]
Special Message of President Jefferson—Communicating toCongress the First Report of the Commissioners—Uniontownleft out, etc.28-35
[CHAPTER V.]
Pennsylvania grants Permission to make the Road throughher Territory—Uniontown Restored, Gist left Out, andWashington, Pennsylvania, made a Point—Heights ofMountains and Hills—On to Brownsville and Wheeling,etc., etc.36-40
[CHAPTER VI.]
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, called uponfor Information Respecting the Fund Applicable to theRoads mentioned in the Ohio Admission Act—HisResponses41-43
[CHAPTER VII.]
The Life of the Road Threatened by the Spectre of aConstitutional Cavil—President Monroe Vetoes a Billfor its Preservation and Repair—General Jackson hasMisgivings—Hon. Andrew Stewart Comes to the Rescue44-51
[CHAPTER VIII.]
State Authority Prevails—The Road Surrendered byCongress—The Erection of Toll Gates Authorized—Commissioners Appointed by the States to Receive theRoad, etc., etc.52-56
[CHAPTER IX.]
Plan of Repairs—The Macadam System Adopted—Mr. Stocktonoffers his services—Captain Delafield madeSuperintendent, etc., etc.57-63
[CHAPTER X.]
Lieut. Mansfield superseded by Capt. Delafield—TheTurning of Wills Mountain, etc., etc.64-76
[CHAPTER XI.]
On with the Work—Wooden Bridges Proposed for the NewLocation up Wills Creek and Braddock’s Run—The WarDepartment holds that Wooden Superstructures would bea Substantial Compliance with the MarylandLaw—Cumberland to Frostburg, etc.77-86
[CHAPTER XII.]
Gen. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Transmits aReport—More about the Wooden Bridges for the NewLocation near Cumberland, etc.87-94
[CHAPTER XIII.]
The Iron Bridge over Dunlap’s Creek at Brownsville95-99
[CHAPTER XIV.]
Appropriations by Congress at Various Times for Making,Repairing, and Continuing the Road100-106
[CHAPTER XV.]
Speech of Hon. T. M. T. McKennan107-108
[CHAPTER XVI.]
Life on the Road—Origin of the Phrase Pike Boys—SlavesDriven like Horses—Race Distinction at the OldTaverns—Old Wagoners—Regulars and Sharpshooters—Line Teams109-115
[CHAPTER XVII.]
Old Wagoners continued—Broad and Narrow Wheels—Peculiar Wagon—An Experiment and a Failure—WagonBeds—Bell Teams116-119
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
Old Wagoners continued120-126
[CHAPTER XIX.]
Old Wagoners continued—The Harness they Used, etc.127-133
[CHAPTER XX.]
Old Wagoners continued—An Exciting Incident of thePolitical Campaign of 1840—All about a Petticoat—ATrip to Tennessee—Origin of the Toby Cigar—TheRubber—The Windup and Last Lay of the Old Wagoners134-145
[CHAPTER XXI.]
Stage Drivers, Stage Lines and Stage Coaches—ThePostillion, etc.146-155
[CHAPTER XXII.]
Stages and Stage Drivers continued—Character of DriversDefended—Styles of Driving—Classification ofDrivers, etc.156-163
[CHAPTER XXIII.]
The First Mail Coaches—The Stage Yard atUniontown—Names of Coaches—Henry Clay and theDrivers—Jenny Lind and Phineas T. Barnum on the Road,etc., etc.164-174
[CHAPTER XXIV.]
Stages and Stage Drivers continued—Gen. TaylorApproaching Cumberland—Early Coaches, etc.175-183
[CHAPTER XXV.]
Distinguished Stage Proprietors—Lucius W. Stockton,James Reeside, Dr. Howard Kennedy, William H.Stelle—Old Stage Agents—The Pony Express184-191
[CHAPTER XXVI.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers from Baltimore toBoonsboro—Pen Picture of an Old Tavern by James G.Blaine192-196
[CHAPTER XXVII.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Boonsboro toCumberland197-203
[CHAPTER XXVIII.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Cumberland tothe Little Crossings—The City of Cumberland204-208
[CHAPTER XXIX.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—LittleCrossings to Winding Ridge—Grantsville209-213
[CHAPTER XXX.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Winding Ridgeto the Big Crossings—The State Line—How it isNoted214-219
[CHAPTER XXXI.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Big Crossingsto Mt. Washington220-226
[CHAPTER XXXII.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Mt. Washingtonto Uniontown227-233
[CHAPTER XXXIII.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Uniontown—TheTown as it Appeared to Gen. Douglass in 1784—ItsSubsequent Growth and Improvement, etc., etc.234-243
[CHAPTER XXXIV.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Uniontown toSearights244-249
[CHAPTER XXXV.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Searights toBrownsville250-259
[CHAPTER XXXVI.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Brownsville toBeallsville260-265
[CHAPTER XXXVII.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Beallsville toWashington266-272
[CHAPTER XXXVIII.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Washington,Penn.—Washington and Jefferson College—The FemaleSeminary273-282
[CHAPTER XXXIX.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—Washington toWest Alexander283-289
[CHAPTER XL.]
Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued—West Alexanderto Wheeling290-297
[CHAPTER XLI.]
West of Wheeling—Old Stage Lines Beyond the OhioRiver—Through Indiana—The Road Disappears Among thePrairies of Illinois298-310
[CHAPTER XLII.]
Superintendents under National and State Control—OldMile Posts, etc.311-318
[CHAPTER XLIII.]
Old Contractors—Cost of the Road—Contractors forRepairs, etc.319-322
[CHAPTER XLVI.]
Thomas Endsley, William Sheets, W. M. F. Magraw, etc.323-328
[CHAPTER XLV.]
Dumb Ike—Reminiscences of Uniontown—Crazy Billy, etc.329-338
[CHAPTER XLVI.]
The Trial of Dr. John F. Braddee for Robbing the U.S.Mails339-352
[CHAPTER XLVII.]
Visit of John Quincy Adams to Uniontown in 1837—Receivedby Dr. Hugh Campbell—The National Road a Monument ofthe Past—A Comparison with the Appian Way353-356
[CHAPTER APPENDIX.]
Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania Relating to theCumberland Road—Unexpended Balances inIndiana—Accounts of Two Old Commissioners—Ratesof Toll—Letters of Albert Gallatin, Ebenezer Finleyand Thomas A. Wiley—Curiosities of the Old PostalService357-384