Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn

RICHARDSON, JAMES D., “Messages and Papers of the Presidents.” 8 volumes, Government Print, Washington. ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, “Winning of the West,” Vols. I, II and IV. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1889. SPEED, THOMAS, “The Wilderness Road,” No. 2 of the Filson Club publications, Louisville, 1886. TURNER, FREDERICK J., “Rise of the New West,” Vol. XIV of the American Nation Series, Harper & Brothers, New York. TYLER, L. G., “England in America,” Vol. IV of the American Nation Series, Harper & Brothers, New York. U. S. Census review of “Agencies of Transportation,” 1880. WATKINS, ALBERT, “The Oregon Trail,” Nebraska State Historical Society Collections, Vol. XVI, p. 26 et seq. FOOTNOTES [16] “A History of Travel,” by Seymour Dunbar. [17] “The American Nation,” “England in America,” by L. G. Tyler. Vol. IV, p. 322. [18] “American Nation,” Vol. VIII, p. 15. [19] Cf. “Historic Highways of America,” by A. B. Hurlbert, and “Basis of American History” (Vol. II of “The American Nation”), by L. Farrand. [20] Ramsey’s “Annals of Tennessee.” [21] “Historic Highways of America,” by A. B. Hurlbert, 16 volumes, 1902-05, A. H. Clark Company, Cleveland. A series of annotated reprints of some of the best contemporary volumes of travel in America, compiled by Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1904-07, 32 volumes, A. H. Clark Co., Cleveland. “A History of Travel in America,” by Seymour Dunbar, 4 volumes, 1915, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Ind. “Basis of American History,” Chapter II, “Routes of Travel,” Vol. II of the American Nation Series, by Livingston Farrand, 1907, Harper & Brothers, New York. There is good bibliography in this volume. [22] Cecil B. Hartley in his “Life of Daniel Boone,” gives the name of the head of this company as Colonel Richard Henderson. [23] “The Winning of the West,” Vol. II, by Theodore Roosevelt. [24] Dunbar’s “History of Travel,” Vol. I. Roosevelt’s “Winning of the West,” Vol. II. [25] “The Wilderness Road.” [26] “A History of Travel in America.” [27] “Winning of the West.” [28] Henry Howe. [29] A pirogue proper is a canoe dug out of a single log. These may have been and probably were keel boats built of timber and the name pirogue extended to them colloquially. [30] “The Winning of the West,” Vol. VI, by Theodore Roosevelt. [31] Cf. “Winning of the West,” Vol. VI, p. 259; and “The American Nation,” Vol. XII, p. 94. [32] ------------+-------+----------+---------- | |Admitted a|Admitted a State |Settled|Territory | State ------------+-------+----------+---------- Missouri | 1755 | 1812 | 1821 Arkansas | 1685 | 1819 | 1836 Kansas | 1854 | 1854 | 1861 Nebraska | 1847 | 1854 | 1867 North Dakota| 1812 | 1861 | 1889 South Dakota| 1859 | 1861 | 1889 Wyoming | 1834 | 1868 | 1890 Colorado | 1859 | 1861 | 1876 Idaho | 1852 | 1863 | 1890 Montana | 1861 | 1864 | 1889 Iowa | 1833 | 1838 | 1846 Minnesota | 1846 | 1849 | 1858 ------------+-------+----------+---------- [33] Reports for 1920 show that New York has exceeded St. Louis in manufactured furs but St. Louis seems still to be the largest market for raw furs. [34] Albert Watkins in “Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society.” Vol. XVI, p. 22. [35] Washington Irving’s “Astoria.” [36] Cf. p. 230, Ibid. [37] Dunbar’s “History of Travel.” [38] Doddridge’s “Notes on the Settlement of Indian Wars.” Monette’s “History of the Valley of the Mississippi.” [39] Cf. Gallatin’s report for a scheme of national roads and pavements (Adams’ Gallatin, p. 350 et seq.). [40] Richardson, “Messages and Papers.” [41] Hurlbert, “Cumberland Road.” [42] Hulbert, “The Paths of Inland Commerce.” [43] “American Nation,” Vol. XIV, p. 100. [44] Hurlbert, “The Paths of Inland Commerce,” p. 121. [45] Searight, quoted by Hurlbert. [46] Debates of Congress VI, 433-435, 806, 820.