Internal improvements in early Indiana
By: by Logan Esarey, A. M.
Publisher: E. J. Hecker, printer
Published: 1912
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Public works -- Indiana
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana university, 1913.
Table of contents: title: I Introduction; title: 1. Economic Situation in the United States, 1816-20; title: 2. Conditions of Travel in Early Indiana; title: II. Early Attempts To Build Transportation Routes 1816-’27; title: 1. State Roads and the Three Per Cent Fund; title: 2. The National Road; title: 3. The Michigan Road; title: 4. Opening Streams for Navigation; title: 5. The Ohio Falls Canal; title: 6. Commerce of Early Indiana; title: 7. Early Parties and Government Aid; title: III. Era of Systematic Internal Improvements 1827-40; title: 1. The Problem, the People, and the Legislature; title: 2. ‘The System’ of 1836; title: 3. Construction; title: 4. Financial Management; title: IV. Failure of the System; title: 1. The Settlement with the Creditors; title: 2. Finishing the Wabash and Erie Canal; title: V. Conclusion