Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-31

Tho history or the ola Trails road
a the history OF the march Of civiiiza-
ton. Beginnihg with Braddock's
road. surveyed oy Washington when
90 years of age. ana cut through tho
wilderness BY General Braddock 80
that his army might get at the French
ana Indians, little thinking that ne
was opening a way for the French
and Indians 20 get az him a. we'll.
disdaining the advice Of his young aid.
George Washington. he marched 10
his defeat and death. and lies buried
hoy the side of the old road
AT Hagerstown. Md, we intersect
the Lincoln Memorial highway" lead
ing from Washington 20 GettysburE.
The origin Of the Cumberland ruad,
though less tragic thau Emddock'a, IS
as full 81 history aud romance as
| the Wilderness road, hrst hiazeh
and established hy Daniel Boone. Just
after Washington had achieved the
lndepcndcnce ~ the colonies tfnd had
retired 10 Mount Vernon for a much
needed rest. he WIS found In q log
cabin ia The Allegheny mountains.
sitting al crude table, surrounded
by citiZens 81 the forest. and lrsine
to trace ~ read tiireugh 1hn mount
aims Albert Gitlatiu. who found him
thus occupied. each being iEnOranl or
whom the other was. growing iinpa
tent ~ Wushiueious slow ms thodicui
manner, exclaimed There ie The 0nly
feasible route. pOiuting our Ia y care
tain pass with his cane. Washington
| frhuked This disrouttcsv ~ removing
MS GLASSES aud giving him that stern,
uufiiuchtuE lNnk luf WNhh hc wac
o., ted. Hud making nn reply rtplncrd
his slussgg and resumed his ,laHminl-
ton Gallutu smHrtlne from the
sting Of tnis rcbukc and Inundated bs
Dis own anruptnoss. left tho room.
Washington, after satisfying himself
sent for him ana sHid Sir. you were
right. that is the only place fur u
rnnl aud. aNcertHining Who Gall
] lutin WuH. offered Go make him WNn-
aerr of hts vast property interests
GalIntin was there at thc suRecr-
tinu Of pHtriCk Henry. on the same
nir'ud 1H Washington. lnnkins over
90 sroat tract oi land.
Time PASSED ON ana Gailatin be-
came thr great secretary of The treaa-
ury m Me- Joncrsons rahinei. Ht
/ whose touch the corpse of pnbhc
credit sprlug into ire. and who hft
fnr tlo accident Of his birth. might
J have been president inspired IeNer-
[ son Ruh The congress to build and
maiutulu 70 great national hirhwpY.
Washington htd been the president nf
I the greatest body OF men ever ap-
semhied Tor the purpose of urganizina
/ "a constitutional government and had
! written into the constitution express
I authority Inr establishing past roads.
/ Gullntn. remembering thcir conclu-
s.ons in She wilderness as 40 ufHc-
I teHhle route. suggested the road since
/ called The cumberland road uud the
act az congress establishing q Waa
approved by Jefferson in 1905 sub
| sopuent administrations foI more
I than h quarter ot q century. Carried
forward rthe great project untI us
I western terminus reached ~ Louis.
. The last actual construction by the
! government uus donc at Vandaiih, Che
/ then capital of Illinois
Henry clay devoted much nf his
! public llfr tn THIS RreHt work in which
/ he Wns ably seconded Boy John a. cali
/ noun and nearly ail his great con-
! temuurHrics ID was established eighty
] feet Wide. sixty of witch WIS paved
/ with broken Stone. aud pronounced
/ by clay th" finest rQad iu The world "
Daniel Nnun4 who established the
/ Wilderness road the history of watch
] De- the history uf tho civilization ana
! development OF Kentucky. with his
/ sons nathan and Daniei Morgan. had
1 ioft that state and taken up thoiF
| abode ln Missouri Knowing from
! their experience the value of roads
4 in the march of civilization and COM
| merce, they began where the rum-
hcrland road ended. surveyed ana car
ried 70 on west "a Oid FRANKLIN in
/ Howard county, the link III thas chain
/ known as the H0one's Lick road
AZ old Franklin the final link IA
| this rrcst hlshWav. the santa zee trail
was taken up BY Captain Bucknail and
the pioneer settlers 0f Missouri and
| carried on 90 Santa Re. Mexico. after
| ward NpW Mexico, and from santa Re
I through tine painted desert. the pet
/ flnsd forests aud the Grand cnny0fi
uf Colorado tn tho Pacific ocean.
/ We arc now organized AN ai0ng
! uhe line of the old Trails road. repre-
scented by both state ana local nssuoin-
| tons ! had tho pleasure TONS SUM
| mer 0f going n AN automobile back
I over tho road and was astonished O.
dnd most of The oulVorts and hrldEea
] huht boy the government hundred
| years ago standing as solid ana sub.
ainutiM % when built. Whenever The
government did the work the grades
| were reduced % minimum. Approx
mHtely Thousand miles az Our road
has baen built already. ana We are "a
| work In many places With Increasing
enthusiasm We have adopted as oul