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

by Archer Butler Hulbert

B.

Baily, Francis, journey in United States (1796-97), [81]-[98]; quoted, [90]-[91].
Balcony Falls, trail between James and Great Kanawha Rivers at, [19].
Baltimore, road to Albany, [58]; part in transportation development, [136]-[137], [143]-[151].
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, [153]; Washington's vision realized by, [10]; follows old trail, [18], [29]; state appropriation, [148]; contest with canal company, [150]-[151]; reaches Ohio, [151], [171].
Baltimore-Frederick Turnpike, [59].
Baltimore-Reisterstown Turnpike, [58]-[59], [143].
Baring Brothers contribute to canal work, [163].
Bay Path, see Old Bay Path.
Becknell, Captain William, organizes first wagon train for Sante Fé, [187].
Bedford, Fort, established, [50].
Bixby, Captain, at Hat Island, [181].
Black Hawk War (1832), [162].
Bonneville, Captain B. L. E., on Overland Trail, [189].
"Bonnyclabber Country," [86], [87].
Boone, Daniel, [19].
Bouquet, Colonel Henry, criticizes Washington, [50].
Boston and Albany Railroad, [13], [16].
Boulton and Watt of Birmingham, Fulton uses engine of, [110], [113].
Braddock's Road, [51].
Brissot, French traveler in America, [81], [83].
Broad River, trail on, [19].
Brown, Charles, builds hull of Clermont, [113].
Brown, George, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, [149].
Brownsville (Penn.) growth of, [26].
Bryan, Guy, of Philadelphia, [66].
Buffalo, demand for means of transportation, [164], [170]; harbor improvement, [169]; growth, [172].
Buffalo-Utica Canal, [124]; see also Erie Canal.
Bunting, "Red," stagecoach driver, [123].
Burt, W. A., discovers iron ore in Michigan, [165]-[166].

C.

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].

D.

Day, Sherman, quoted, [140].
Deane, Silas, plan for payment of Revolutionary War debt, [2]-[3].
Delaware Water Gap, [17].
Delta (La.), changed by Mississippi River, [177].
Detroit, Washington marks out commercial lines to, [9]; port of entry, [74]; demand for transportation facilities, [164]; harbor, [169]; growth, [172].
Detroit (lake steamer), [169].
Dickens, Charles, cited, [100]; describes canal boat journey, [140]-[141]; describes aerial railway, [141]-[142].
Doddridge, Notes, quoted, [27]-[28].
Doolittle, Sylvester, builds Vandalia, [168].
Duane (ship), [76]-[77].
Duquesne, Fort, [26], [28], [50].

E.

Enterprise (steamboat), [79].
"Era of Good Feeling," [60].
Erie (Penn.), as place of embarkation, [35]; port of entry, [74].
Erie Canal, [35], [37], [58], [116]-[117]; Washington foresees, [9], [12]; work begun (1817), [38], [128]; Hawley writes challenge to New York concerning, [115]; state enterprise, [118], [124]-[128], [136]; Hawley's original plan, [119]; building of, [129]-[131]; completion, [132]; locks enlarged, [169].
Erie Railroad, [153]; Washington forecasts, [9]-[10]; follows Indian trade route, [17].
"Erie" war, [194].
Evans, Oliver, and steam propelled wagon, [102]-[103].
Everett, Edward, quoted, [12]-[13].

F.

Fallen Timber, battle of, [67].
Ferries, [46]-[47].
Fink, Mike, "the Snag," [64]; "Snapping Turtle," [64].
Fitch, John, steamboat experiments, [12], [101]-[102], [103]-[105]; petition to Congress, [106]-[107]; obtains monopoly from States, [106]; Fulton and, [108].
Forbes, General John, captures Fort Duquesne, [26]; breaks army road, [50].
Forman, Joshua, bill for Erie Canal project, [124].
Franklin, Benjamin, on making rivers navigable, [30]; and international boundary line, [164].
Frederick (Md.), trail from, [18].
Free Democrat, St. Joseph, quoted, [192]-[193].
Freeland, H., account of the Clermont, [113]-[114].
French as commercial rivals, [20].
Fulton, Robert, steamboat experiments, [12], [107]-[114]; and Livingston, [108]-[112]; on Erie Canal committee, [125]; bibliography, [199].
Fur trade, French and, [20]; with Illinois country, [66]; headquarters at St. Louis, [186].