Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 2495 Searight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield) Searight, Thomas Brownfield 01015992 The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon Produced by KD Weeks, Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Old Pike" by Thomas B. Searight is a historical account written in the late 19th century, specifically in 1894. The work traces the history and significance of the National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, which was the first highway in the United States built entirely by the federal government. Through Searight's narrative, readers can expect to explore the road's inception, key figures involved in its development, and the cultural and economic impacts it had on early America. At the start of the book, the author outlines the motivations behind creating a national road and discusses its historical importance compared to the famous Appian Way in Rome. Searight notes the road's inception in 1806 under President Jefferson, highlighting significant contributors like Henry Clay and Andrew Stewart, while also debunking popular myths surrounding its creation. The opening sets the stage for a detailed exploration of not only the construction and development of the road itself but also of the various incidents, anecdotes, and characters that populated this vital artery of transportation in America's early years. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41799/41799-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cumberland Road Pennsylvania -- Biography HE Text Category: History - American Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1231564 2025-08-17T04:41:27.658263 text/html 1232081 2024-10-23T13:30:56 text/html 3988074 2025-08-17T04:41:42.558147 application/epub+zip 4012601 2025-08-17T04:41:30.408252 application/epub+zip 506887 2025-08-17T04:41:28.937235 application/epub+zip 4319485 2025-08-17T04:41:51.560101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4253594 2025-08-17T04:41:41.108133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759169 2022-09-19T06:43:53.058229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1122567 2025-08-17T04:41:25.235201 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1102731 2024-10-23T13:30:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16517 2025-08-17T04:41:51.725106 application/rdf+xml 10897 2025-08-17T04:41:29.250223 image/jpeg 2342 2025-08-17T04:41:29.176341 image/jpeg 3862669 2025-08-17T04:41:27.955215 application/octet-stream application/zip