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Breaking the Appalachian barrier : Maryland as the gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850 / John Hrastar.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hrastar, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation--Appalachian Region--History.
- Appalachian Region--History.
- Maryland--History.
- Ohio--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018.
- Summary:
- "In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad--the first general purpose railroad in the world--started in Baltimore in the 1820s and reached Wheeling by 1852, uniting east and west"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Setting the stage
- Maryland to 1750
- Competition for the Ohio country
- The war years
- The changing West
- The waterway West
- Maryland as the gateway to Ohio
- The iron link between Maryland and Ohio
- The waterway west
- The iron link between Maryland and Ohio.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 22, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3039-9
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