ILLUSTRATIONS
| I. | Part of a “Map of the Route between Albany and Oswego” (drawn about 1756; from original in British Museum) | [97] |
| II. | Part of a “Map of the Grand Pass from New York to Montreal ... by Thomas Pownall” (drawn about 1756; from original in the British Museum) | [113] |
| III. | Western New York in 1809 | [123] |
PREFACE
This volume is devoted to two great lines of pioneer movement, one through northern Virginia and the other through central New York. In the former case the Old Northwestern Turnpike is the key to the situation, and in the latter the famous Genesee Road, running westward from Utica, was of momentous importance.
A chapter is given to the Northwestern Turnpike, showing the movement which demanded a highway, and the legislative history which created it. Then follow two chapters of travelers’ experiences in the region covered. One of these is given to the Journal of Thomas Wallcutt (1790) through northern Virginia and central Pennsylvania. Another chapter presents no less vivid descriptions from quite unknown travelers on the Virginian roads.