Old National Road history and fate in American travel
A Baltimore Sun writer recounts the Old National Road from Cumberland to Wheeling, its rise as the nation’s first major highway, and its decline with the spread of rail. It traces construction, notable travelers like Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson, and the late 1820s policy shifts ending federal internal improvements.
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Mead
Cumberland
United States Road Bureau
Baltimore Sun
United States
Hantern Seaboard
Wheeling
Ohio River
Maryland
Baltimore
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Black Hawk
Don Antonio Lopez di Santo Ans
Texas
Sam Houston
Zachary Taylor
Willis Henry Harrison
Davy Crooksit
Eass
Baltimors
Azores
Baltimore and Ohio
Martin Dodge
St. Louis
Jackson
Maysville
Mayavilis
Lexington
Ita
White House
Montes
John Quincy Adams
Oley
Senate
Adams
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Gaio
Canse Company
Asite
General Eaton
Bas Old Hickory
Congress
San Francisco
Maryland Sheep Win at New York State Fair
Colonel Truesdell of Altamont Springs Farm Deer Park Md sent 28 Rawbouli et sheep to Syracuse exhib iting to New Yorkers. His Grand Duke of Mecklenburg ram won first prize in yearling ram class. his flock captured top awards. The fair ran six days drawing 55 000 paid admissions.
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Gol
George Tinesdell
Deer Park
Syracuse
Ohio
Iaurela
Columbus
Troesdell
Maryland
Col. Truesdall
Altamont Springa Farm
Truesdell
Mecklenburg
iSmoothe
Upper
New York
Arcturus Seen Bright in Early Evening Sky
An early evening view highlights Arcturus as a bright, solar-type star. Its size and distance are debated, with measurements suggesting it is much farther than Sirius, possibly hundreds of light years away, radiating with the power of thousands of suns. The star’s motion and heat output are discussed alongside comparisons to the sun.
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Arcturus
Jan Ster
Norman Lockyesar
Moade
Dr. Elkin
E. F. Sichola
Dartmouth College
Woman's body found in canal tied to waist
The body of a young woman was found in the Morris canal between Newark and New City. Joseph Pulitzer of 190 West 43rd Street identified it as Annie Pulitzer, his wife missing since Thursday. A weight and tag tied to a hitching strap were attached to the waist. a long stab wound and a fractured skull were noted. Pulitzer was detained as a suspect after identifying the body and reports described the death as very suspicious.
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New York
Morria Canal
Newark
Iit City
Joseph Palitzer
Annie
Ted
Pulitzer
Murphy
Uns City
Detective Bureau
Titus
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Prirate
Brookisn Navy Yard
Weikmans
Weilkman
Cantaberinis
Hamer
Soldig C
Maryland Sherp
New York State
Earth
Sabes
Arsiz Fieipa
Tars F. L. Taylor
Ofen
Albany
Bradford County
Baltor Ward
Laceytilie
Temple
Omeces
B. Pears
Canal
Hite
Oliphai
Trenton
Alexander C. Oliphant
West State Street
National Guard
Camden
Mus
West Point Military Academy
Kean and Dryden
Annapolis Naval Academy
Oliphant
Ekins
West Virginia
Elkins
Nuggets OF News
United States Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Lancaster
John T Fish
Doylestown
Stone
Grand Duke
Boris
Russia
France
Maryland Hawkers' Association
Blue Mountain House
UTA Cran
Markey’s
Markey's
Serent
Norte
Isabella Gas Works
Alcdawtt
Victor Wradache
George A. Gilbert
North Market St. Frederick
Mnd
WM. S. Miller & C
Buffalo
Chas. N. Hauer
C. Thomas Kemp
Soc
Norfolk
Eton
Garry
Casey
Monarch
Carty’s Furniture Store
E. Patrick St
Fred’k
JAS. E. Walker & CO
James E. Walker & CO
Saucy
Schloss Bros
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Atreama
Central Hardware Company
South Market Street
Frederick, Md
Schloss Bros.& CO
Merchant Tailoring
E. Patrick Street
W. H. B. Etchison
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