Includes information on stage coaches, stage lines, etc.

Reprint. Originally published: Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1917.

Early trails, roads and natural waterways -- Tolls and transportation costs on early roads and canals -- Traffic by rivers, trails and roads in the trans-Appalachian region -- Early land routes in Ohio -- Waterways in New England -- Canals and water routes in New York -- Canals and waterways in Pennsylvania -- Roads, canals and waterways in the South -- Transportation in the middle West before the railroad era -- Plank roads -- The first railways -- The transportation problem in New England -- Railroads in New York -- Railroads in the Middle Atlantic States -- Railroads in the South -- Railroads in the West -- Review and summary.