Breaking the Appalachian barrier: Maryland as the gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850

"The Appalachian Mountains were a border between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started in Baltimore in the 1820s and reached Wheeling b...

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Main Author: Hrastar, J. 1937- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2018]
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Summary:"The Appalachian Mountains were a border between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started in Baltimore in the 1820s and reached Wheeling by 1852, uniting east and west"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index
Physical Description:viii, 255 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm
ISBN:9781476670447

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