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

by Archer Butler Hulbert

L.

Labadie, fur trader, [186].
Lake Shore Railroad, [170], [171].
Lancaster (O.) grant to Zane at, [47].
Lancaster Turnpike, [35], [53]-[58].
Laramie, Fort, Overland Trail to, [189].
Lee, Arthur, on cost of transportation (1784), [66].
Lee, Henry, Washington writes to, [9].
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, [39], [43].
Lehigh Coal Company, [42]-[43].
Lehigh Navigation Company, [42]-[43].
Lewis and Clark expedition, [12].
Liggett and Holliday run stage to Salt Lake, [189].
Ligonier (Penn.), growth of, [26].
Ligonier, Fort, [50].
Lisa, Manuel, fur trader, [186].
Livingston, R. R., and Fulton, [108]-[112]; on Erie Canal committee, [125].
Long, Major, expedition up Missouri River, [186].
Louisiana cotton exports, [180].
Louisiana of Marietta (ship), [77].
Louisiana Purchase, [75], [77].
Louisville, importance and growth, [68]-[69]; as river port, [73]-[74], [77]; shipbuilding, [180].
Ludlow, actor, sings The Hunters of Kentucky, [62]-[63].

M.

Mackinaw Island, port of entry, [74].
Marietta (O.), founded, [67]-[68]; shipbuilding, [76]; as port of entry, [77].
Maryland, Washington outlines trade routes for, [10]; roads, [49], [53], [58]-[59]; cotton grown in, [85]; Cumberland Road, [119]; canals, [136], [144]; Canal Company formed, [145]; see also Baltimore.
Massac, Fort (Ill.), port of entry, [74]; [75], [77]; Baily at, [93].
Massachusetts, Old Bay Path, [16]; roads, [44], [54]-[55].
Mauch Chunk (Penn.), coal from, [40].
Maynard and Morrison, trade with Illinois, [66].
Menard, fur trader, [186].
Mercer quoted, [148].
Miami Canal, [159].
Michigan, growth of population, [116], [156]; plan for Erie Canal funds from sale of land in, [117], [125]; development, [164]; "Toledo War," [164]-[165]; minerals, [165].
Michigan (lake steamer), [168].
Milwaukee, demand for transportation facilities, [164]; harbor improvement, [169].
Minnesota, development, [164].
Mirror, New York, prints The Hunters of Kentucky, [62].
Mississippi cotton exports, [180].
Mississippi River, Washington's vision of navigation on, [12]; French on, [20]; importance to commerce, [160]; canal to connect with Lake Michigan, [161], [163]; navigation, [176] et seq.; eccentricities, [177], [183].
Missouri, influence of river trade on, [180]; admitted as State, [187].
Missouri River, navigation on, [186], [187], [188].
Mohawk River, route through Appalachians, [16].
Mohawk Trail, [16].
Mohawk Turnpike, [16].
Mohawk Valley, Washington and, [7].
Monongahela Farmer (ship), [76].
Monroe, James, Fulton writes to, [107], [110], [112]; recommends congressional aid for canals, [145].
Montreal, furs brought to, [20]; rival of New York City, [125], [126].
Moody, John, The Railroad Builders, cited, [157] (note).
Morey, Samuel, inventor of stern-wheeler, [104], [109], [110].
Morgantown (Penn.), growth of, [26].
Morris, Gouverneur, of New York, [31], [36].

N.

Nashville (Tenn.), trails to, [19].
Natchez (Miss.), Baily at, [93], [97].
Natchez Trace, [96].
National, stagecoach line, [122].
Nemacolin Path, [18], [25].
Newberry, Oliver, of Detroit, builds Michigan, [168].
New Madrid, Baily at, [93].
New Orleans, made open port, [75]; Baily at, [95]; steamboat tonnage of (1843), [181].
New Orleans (steamboat), [180], [181], [187].
New York (State), Washington foresees communication lines of, [9]; canal project, [35]-[38]; roads, [44], [59]; Livingston obtains steamboat monopoly, [109]; steamboat grant to Livingston, Roosevelt and Fulton, [111]; railroads, [151], [153]; see also Erie Canal.
New York Central Railroad, [153]; Washington and, [9]; follows Mohawk Trail, [16], [17].
New York City, Baily at, [84]; Erie Canal and, [125], [126]; tonnage compared to that of river ports, [181].
Niagara, French at, [25].
Niagara (steamboat), [156].
Nickel Plate Railroad, [17].
Northwest, Deane's plan for, [2]-[3]; navigation of Great Lakes, [154] et seq.; immigration to, [167]-[168].

O.

Ogden, Aaron, vs. Gibbon, [132].
Ohio, migration to, [67]; growth of population, [116], [156]; and Cumberland Road, [117]; canals, [157]-[160]; admitted as State (1802), [158]; railroads, [171]; influence of river trade on, [180].
Ohio and Lake Erie Company, [145].
Ohio Canal, [157], [159], [168], [169].
Ohio River, Washington and, [8], [12]; access of French and English to, [25]; value of cargoes on (1800), [74]; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reaches (1853), [151], [183]; navigation, [180].
Old Bay Path, [15], [16].
Ontario (steamboat), [156].
Orange, Fort (Albany), [16]; see also Albany.
Ordinance of 1787, [170].
Oregon, western trail to, [188]; effect of acquisition on transportation, [191].
Orleans (steamboat), [78].
Ormsbee, of Connecticut, makes steamboat model, [104].
Ottawa (Ill.) canal terminal, [162].
Overland Stage Company, [189].
Overland Trail, [189], [191].

P.

Palmyra (Tenn.), as river port, [74].
Pedee River, [17].
"Pennamite" war, [194].
Pennsylvania, Washington and transportation in, [9], [10]-[11]; canals, [33]-[35], [136]; roads, [35], [44], [45], [48]-[49], [50], [53]-[54], [119]-[120]; "Bonnyclabber Country," [86], [87]; and Great Lakes, [138]; railways, [151].
Pennsylvania Canal, [132]; Washington forecasts, [9]; route, [139]; engineering achievement, [139]-[140].
Pennsylvania Railroad, [142], [153]; Washington and, [9]-[10]; follows Indian trail, [29]; incorporated (1846), [151]; reaches Ohio River, [171].
Perkins, fur trader, [186].
Philadelphia, roads to, [48]-[49]; meeting to protest against monopoly of Lancaster Turnpike, [55]; Baily at, [84]; rival of New York City, [137].
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company, [53]-[54].
Philadelphia Road, [49].
Pickering plan of occupying West, [4].
Pike, Captain Z. M., [93].
Pioneer, stagecoach line, [122].
Pioneer (steamboat), [156].
Pitt, Fort, [28].
Pittsburgh, growth, [26], [67]; trade with, [65]-[66], [66]-[67], [75]; shipbuilding, [76]; port of entry, [77]; Baily reaches, [88].
Platt, Judge, and Erie Canal, [126], [127].
Pontiac's Rebellion, [26]-[27], [34].
"Pony Express," [192].
Potomac Canal Company, [143].
Potomac Company, [31]-[33], [138].
Potomac River, Washington's vision regarding, [8], [10]; commerce on, [17]-[18].
Prairie (steamboat), [182].
Presq'Isle (Erie) recommended as place of embarkation, [35].
Prices in 1800, [92].
Putnam, General Rufus, advocates Pickering plan, [3]-[4].