. The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland . agon which had nowbecome a boat. One driver poled or paddled, the other led the swimminghorses, until all were conveyed safely to the opposite shore. Pennsylvania-German in Settlement of Maryland. 49 body and bright-red running gears, drawn by four, six,or even more horses. When the first wagons made theirappearance the owners of the pack-horses bitterly opposedtheir use, just as, a few generations later, the wagonersopposed the building of the railroads. During the Revolution, when It was desired to transferthe British prisoners from R
. The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland . agon which had nowbecome a boat. One driver poled or paddled, the other led the swimminghorses, until all were conveyed safely to the opposite shore. Pennsylvania-German in Settlement of Maryland. 49 body and bright-red running gears, drawn by four, six,or even more horses. When the first wagons made theirappearance the owners of the pack-horses bitterly opposedtheir use, just as, a few generations later, the wagonersopposed the building of the railroads. During the Revolution, when It was desired to transferthe British prisoners from Reading and Lancaster to somepoint farther In the Interior, they were conducted over theMonocacy Road to the barracks at Frederick, Maryland,and to Winchester, Virginia. It was by this same roadthat General Wayne, In 1781, led the Pennsylvania troopsto Yorktown. The Monocacy Road was macadamized In1808, and, until the railroads were built, It was the mainthoroughfare between Maryland and the South and Phila-delphia and the eastern section of the 4*
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