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catch, in something of its actual grandeur, the vision of a
Republic stretching towards the setting sun, bound and unified by
paths of inland commerce
But it remained for George Washington, the Virginia planter, to
catch, in something of its actual grandeur, the vision of a
Republic stretching towards the setting sun, bound and unified by
paths of inland commerce. It was Washington who traversed the
long ranges of the Alleghanies, slept in the snows of Deer Park
with no covering but his greatcoat, inquired eagerly of trapper
and trader and herder concerning the courses of the Cheat, the
Monongahela, and the Little Kanawha, and who drew from these
personal explorations a clear and accurate picture of the future
trade routes by which the country could be economically,
socially, and nationally united.

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new era in correspondence and business
The stone roads, which were passable at all seasons, brought a
new era in correspondence and business. Lines of stages and
wagons, as well known at that time as are the great railways of
today, plied the new thoroughfares, provided some of the comforts
of travel, and assured the safer and more rapid delivery of
goods. This period is sometimes known in American history as ‘The
Era of Good Feeling’ and the turnpike contributed in no small
degree to make the phrase applicable not only to the domain of
politics but to all the relations of social and commercial life.

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