http://autoblognews.org Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:00:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en songs of the day was 'The Hunters of Kentucky In the early twenties of the last century one of the popular songs of the day was 'The Hunters of Kentucky.' Written by Samuel Woodworth, the author of 'The Old Oaken Bucket,' it had originally been printed in the New York Mirror but had come ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/04/in-the-early-twenties-of-the-last-century-one-of-the-popular-3/ to be found in the annals of American commerce originated almost simultaneously in the Muskingum and Monongahela regions One of the most remarkable plans for the capture of foreign trade to be found in the annals of American commerce originated almost simultaneously in the Muskingum and Monongahela regions. With a view to making the American ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/03/one-of-the-most-remarkable-plans-for-the-capture-of-foreign-trade-8/ resourceful as the voyageurs, to bear the brunt of a new era of transportation, all that was needed to challenge French trade beyond the Alleghanies was competent and aggressive leadership With such a race of born horsemen, every whit as bold and resourceful as the voyageurs, to bear the brunt of a new era ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/03/with-such-a-race-of-born-horsemen-every-whit-as-bold-and-4/ who had entered the portals of inland America Such were the varied and contradictory stories told by the men who had entered the portals of inland America. It is not surprising, therefore, that theories and prophecies about the interior were vague and conflicting nor that most of the schemes of statesmen and financiers for the ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/02/such-were-the-varied-and-contradictory-stories-told-by-the-men-2/ all the three great links or sections into which the enterprise was divided For the most part, however, work was carried on simultaneously on all the three great links or sections into which the enterprise was divided. Local contractors were given preference by the commissioners, and three-fourths of the work was done by natives of the ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/02/for-the-most-part-however-work-was-carried-on-simultaneously-on-3/ Forbes in 1758 and the final conquest of New France two years later removed the French barrier and opened the way to expansion beyond the Alleghanies The capture of Fort Duquesne by the English army under General Forbes in 1758 and the final conquest of New France two years later removed the French barrier and ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/02/the-capture-of-fort-duquesne-by-the-english-army-under-general-4/ indifferent success and many failures were recorded, the pendulum of public confidence in this aid to inland commerce swung away, and highway improvement by means of stone roads and toll road companies came into favor in the interval between the nation"s two eras of river improvement and canal building As most of the efforts to ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/01/as-most-of-the-efforts-to-improve-the-rivers-however-met-with-5/ first plan in America to operate a land vehicle by steam It was doubtless Fitch"s experiments in 1785 that led to the first plan in America to operate a land vehicle by steam. Oliver Evans, a neighbor and acquaintance of Fitch"s, petitioned the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1786 for the right of operating wagons propelled by ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/12/01/it-was-doubtless-fitchs-experiments-in-1785-that-led-to-the-5/ the temper of the people as well as a change in the soil when the Bonnyclabber Country was reached The traveler at the beginning of the century noticed a change in the temper of the people as well as a change in the soil when the Bonnyclabber Country was reached. The time-serving attitude of the ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/11/30/the-traveler-at-the-beginning-of-the-century-noticed-a-change-in-3/ the toils and dangers of travel through these wild hill regions >From the journals of the time may be caught faint glimpses of the toils and dangers of travel through these wild hill regions. Let the traveler of today, as he follows the track that once was Braddock"s Road, picture the scene of that earlier time ... http://autoblognews.org/2008/11/29/from-the-journals-of-the-time-may-be-caught-faint-glimpses-of-2/