. Book of the Royal blue . ^ 1 .MniiMn\ ;.! iiiil,hlI,( THE NEMACOLIN PATH. I HAT part of Pennsylvania lying be--*- tween Pittsburg and Cumberland,and traversed by the line of the Balti-more & Ohio Road, is one of the mosthistorical sections of our fame and scenic charms date farback into the past; and in myth andlegend, in song, romance and story itis famous locally, wl-U known through-out the whole country, and not entirelyunknown beyond Columbias borders. As the mind reaches back into theyears of more than a century ago, it con-templates the solitary traveler b
. Book of the Royal blue . ^ 1 .MniiMn\ ;.! iiiil,hlI,( THE NEMACOLIN PATH. I HAT part of Pennsylvania lying be--*- tween Pittsburg and Cumberland,and traversed by the line of the Balti-more & Ohio Road, is one of the mosthistorical sections of our fame and scenic charms date farback into the past; and in myth andlegend, in song, romance and story itis famous locally, wl-U known through-out the whole country, and not entirelyunknown beyond Columbias borders. As the mind reaches back into theyears of more than a century ago, it con-templates the solitary traveler bearinghis little pack of peltries over the sameroute where to-day rush and roar thelocomotive and its lengthy train. Foryears and years before that time it wasthe great east and west highway of thesavages; for here ran the great Nema-colin Path, and this Appian Way of thesavages was continually filled with sav-age bands. Along this route Washington jour-neyed westward during the early daysof the French and Indian war, the routeof the ill-fated Braddock followed clo
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