Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . at the generalexpense, but in part as the result of an agreement with the newlyadmitted State of Ohio, by which the latter agreed not to impose. Conestoga Wagon Reproduced especially for this work from adrawing by Darnley in possession of the His-torical Society of Pennsylvania a tax ^^•ithin fi\e years on United States lands sold in that State;and in consideration therefor the government promised to applytwo per cent, of the proceeds of those sales toward the construc-tion of a national highway. The work was begun on the linefrom Cum
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . at the generalexpense, but in part as the result of an agreement with the newlyadmitted State of Ohio, by which the latter agreed not to impose. Conestoga Wagon Reproduced especially for this work from adrawing by Darnley in possession of the His-torical Society of Pennsylvania a tax ^^•ithin fi\e years on United States lands sold in that State;and in consideration therefor the government promised to applytwo per cent, of the proceeds of those sales toward the construc-tion of a national highway. The work was begun on the linefrom Cumberland. Md., to Wheeling, W. \a., in 1806, but owingto the war of 1812 it was not completed until 1822, and then notfully according to the original plan, as four roads were projectedand only one was built. In this State the road crossed the coun-ties of Somerset, Fayette and Washington, and was a famous thor-oughfare for emigrant travel in early (la}s. It was abandoned 265 Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal l)y the government in 1836, and for several years afterward wasmaintained by the States thrc^ngii which it passed, the tolls collect-ed being nsed in making necessary rc])airs. Later on this
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