. Book of the Royal blue . dthe Ohio, the path became wider and theConostoga wagon threaded its way fartherand farther to the West and formed thesettlements of Ohio, Kentucky and the scene along the road changed,and the first railroad of the land, the Balti-more & Ohio, followed its trail as nearly aspossible, and the Conostogas were sup-planted by the railway coach, and by 1853the railroad had superseded it in importance way has filled volumes. The bitternessand discontent of tlie settlers in the Ohiocountry toward the people of the I,ast, whocontrolled the Federal (iovernmeni,
. Book of the Royal blue . dthe Ohio, the path became wider and theConostoga wagon threaded its way fartherand farther to the West and formed thesettlements of Ohio, Kentucky and the scene along the road changed,and the first railroad of the land, the Balti-more & Ohio, followed its trail as nearly aspossible, and the Conostogas were sup-planted by the railway coach, and by 1853the railroad had superseded it in importance way has filled volumes. The bitternessand discontent of tlie settlers in the Ohiocountry toward the people of the I,ast, whocontrolled the Federal (iovernmeni, broughtabout the conspiracy of Aaron Burr and thepathetic tragedy of Blennerhassett. Presi-dent Jefferson signed the bill for the surveyof the National Pike from Cumberland westin 1802, and by 1818 the people of theWest were pacified and the crowded trafliceast and west over the highway was unex-pected. The greatest |)recautions weretaken against careless construction and theroad to-dav stands in its soliditv as though. IHK OLD NATIONAL HU]li(;K Al (1M HKHLA N !■. Ml. as far west as Wheeling. In the meantimeother railways were building from St. Louisto Cincinnati and from Cincinnati to Wheel-ing, and the old road received its deathknell as a commercial highway before ithad been completed any farther westwardthan Terre Haute, Indiana. From 1861 to 18().), jiiany portions ofthe old National Pike were tramped by theNorthern armies in the Civil War, and inmany spots around Hagerstown and Fred-erick the Blue and the Gray together havelaid its dust with their blood. The romance of the old National high- builded for all time; its preservation waslooked upon as an absolute and themost intense interest was always expected inmatters of a legislative nature that tendedtoward the improvement of the road : andsuch eminent statesmen as Henry Clay andW. T. Hamilton were interested in its wel-fare and guarded all measures with a zestthat made them greatly esteemed by thegreat army
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