A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: The Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unit
A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: The Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unit
Excerpt from A History of Travel in America Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel, Vol. 4 River. The introduction of steamboats on the extensive stream seems to constitute, in a rough way, a dividing line between the previous era and that which came afterward. Their subsequent operation - infrequent as it was for a time - created a new and important link between the settled country and established periodic travel of the East, and the little known expanses to the westward. Caucasian Civilization thereafter ...
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Excerpt from A History of Travel in America Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel, Vol. 4 River. The introduction of steamboats on the extensive stream seems to constitute, in a rough way, a dividing line between the previous era and that which came afterward. Their subsequent operation - infrequent as it was for a time - created a new and important link between the settled country and established periodic travel of the East, and the little known expanses to the westward. Caucasian Civilization thereafter could - and did - reach out toward the Rocky Mountains without the compulsion Of employ ing physical toil previously necessary in the process. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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