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Book Synopsis The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal by : Mary H. Rubin
Download or read book The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by Mary H. Rubin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fights of founding fathers to those fought in the supreme court, the pivotal role of this unassuming canal comes to life with historic images and insider insights. With the founding of his Patowmack Company in 1785, George Washington first hoped to make the Potomac River a viable route to America's West. The skirting canals the company constructed around the Great Falls rapids at Harpers Ferry, Seneca, and Little Falls made the Potomac's rushing waters navigable. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was chartered by Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania in 1828 to build a truly useful canal through to the Ohio Valley. President John Quincy Adams turned the first spadeful of dirt on Independence Day of 1828 for what was hailed as the "Great National Project" to connect Georgetown to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The canal created an entire community of people and a way of life different from any other. At the height of operations, over 500 boats plied the 184.5 miles of the canal's waters. After many financial difficulties, competition from railroads, and the devastating effects of the Civil War as well as a flood, the canal went into receivership and was closed in 1924. In 1954, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas brought attention back to the canal with a fight to preserve the natural beauty for local residents. Today, the canal-listed as a National Historical Park-provides thousands with recreational opportunities, scenic nature trails, and gorgeous views.
Author :United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications Publisher :Government Printing Office ISBN 13 : Total Pages :111 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (327 download)
Book Synopsis Chesapeake and Ohio Canal by : United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1991 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful illustrated handbook provides information on the 19th century canal era such as: how the canal was built, how it worked, who made it work, and what it contributed to developing agriculture, mining, and industry in the Potomac River basin. Also provides a concise travel guide with detailed canal maps, and other reference materials to make the most of a visit to the canal.
Book Synopsis The Flying, Gray-haired Yank by : Michael Egan
Download or read book The Flying, Gray-haired Yank written by Michael Egan and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Egan's flying gray-haired yank is a published account of his wartime experiences, including his service as an officer in the 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment and his capture, his escape, his recapture and eventual second escape. His story details evasion from Confederate patrols and help from slaves and Unionists.
Book Synopsis Home on the Canal by : Elizabeth Kytle
Download or read book Home on the Canal written by Elizabeth Kytle and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the C & O Canal in Maryland along the Potomac River, including summaries of interviews with eleven men and women who had lived or worked on the canal while it was in operation.
Download or read book C & O Canal written by Barry Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, District of Columbia-Maryland by : John G. Parsons
Download or read book Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, District of Columbia-Maryland written by John G. Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company by : Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland by : United States. National Park Service
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paper Trails written by Cameron Blevins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of how the US Post made the nineteenth-century American West. There were five times as many post offices in the United States in 1899 than there are McDonald's restaurants today. During an era of supposedly limited federal government, the United States operated the most expansive national postal system in the world. In this cutting-edge interpretation of the late nineteenth-century United States, Cameron Blevins argues that the US Post wove together two of the era's defining projects: western expansion and the growth of state power. Between the 1860s and the early 1900s, the western United States underwent a truly dramatic reorganization of people, land, capital, and resources. It had taken Anglo-Americans the better part of two hundred years to occupy the eastern half of the continent, yet they occupied the West within a single generation. As millions of settlers moved into the region, they relied on letters and newspapers, magazines and pamphlets, petitions and money orders to stay connected to the wider world. Paper Trails maps the spread of the US Post using a dataset of more than 100,000 post offices, revealing a new picture of the federal government in the West. The western postal network bore little resemblance to the civil service bureaucracies typically associated with government institutions. Instead, the US Post grafted public mail service onto private businesses, contracting with stagecoach companies to carry the mail and paying local merchants to distribute letters from their stores. These arrangements allowed the US Post to rapidly spin out a vast and ephemeral web of postal infrastructure to thousands of distant places. The postal network's sprawling geography and localized operations forces a reconsideration of the American state, its history, and the ways in which it exercised power.
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Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canawlers written by James Rada and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was the de facto border between the Union and Confederate states. Canawlers is the story of the Fitzgerald family as they try and make their living on the C&O Canal amid the fighting between the North and South.
Book Synopsis By-laws, Rules and Regulations in Force on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1st April, 1868 by : Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Download or read book By-laws, Rules and Regulations in Force on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1st April, 1868 written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company by : Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention. Central Committee
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention. Central Committee and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chesapeake and Ohio Canal by : U S National Parks
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by U S National Parks and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the General Assembly of Maryland, December 31, 1832 by : Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Download or read book The Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the General Assembly of Maryland, December 31, 1832 written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company by : Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Correspondence Between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Companies by : Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Download or read book Correspondence Between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Companies written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
