CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Preface | [11] | |
| I. | Our First National Road | [15] |
| II. | Building the Road in the West | [71] |
| III. | Operation and Control | [91] |
| IV. | Stagecoaches and Freighters | [119] |
| V. | Mails and Mail Lines | [142] |
| VI. | Taverns and Tavern Life | [152] |
| VII. | Conclusion | [174] |
| Appendixes | [189] | |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| I. | Bridge at “Big Crossings” | [Frontispiece] |
| II. | Map of Cumberland Road in Pennsylvania and Maryland | [55] |
| III. | Chestnut Ridge, Pennsylvania | [65] |
| IV. | Map of Cumberland Road in the West | [79] |
| V. | A Culvert on the Cumberland Road in Ohio | [177] |