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

"In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hrastar, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., 2018.
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505 0 |a Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; One. Setting the Stage; Two. Maryland to 1750; Three. Competition for the Ohio Country; Four. The War Years; Five. The Changing West; Six . The Waterway West; Seven. Maryland as the Gateway to Ohio; Eight. The Iron Link Between Maryland and Ohio; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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