History of transportation in the United States before 1860
By: prepared under the direction of Balthasar Henry Meyer by Caroline E. MacGill and a staff of collaborators
Series: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication -- no. 215 C; Contributions to American economic history -- 3
Publisher: P. Smith
Published: 1948
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
Subjects: Transportation; History
Description: Includes information on stage coaches, stage lines, etc.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 609-649.
Table of contents: title: Early trails, roads and natural waterways; title: Tolls and transportation costs on early roads and canals; title: Traffic by rivers, trails and roads in the trans-Appalachian region; title: Early land routes in Ohio; title: Waterways in New England; title: Canals and water routes in New York; title: Canals and waterways in Pennsylvania; title: Roads, canals and waterways in the South; title: Transportation in the middle West before the railroad era; title: Plank roads; title: The first railways; title: The transportation problem in New England; title: Railroads in New York; title: Railroads in the Middle Atlantic States; title: Railroads in the South; title: Railroads in the West; title: Review and summary.