Kentucky's Frontier Highway: Historical Landscapes Along the Maysville Road

Raitz, Karl/ O'Malley, Nancy

ISBN 10: 0813136644 / ISBN 13: 9780813136646

Edité par Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2012

411 pages. 10.50x7.50x1.25 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 0813136644

Synopsis :

Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting barrier that left only two primary roads to this fertile Eden. The steep grades and dense forests of the Cumberland Gap rendered the Wilderness Road impassable to wagons, and the northern route extending from southeastern Pennsylvania became the first main thoroughfare to the rugged West, winding along the Ohio River and linking Maysville to Lexington in the heart of the Bluegrass.

Kentucky's Frontier Highway reveals the astounding history of the Maysville Road, a route that served as a theater of local settlement, an engine of economic development, a symbol of the national political process, and an essential part of the Underground Railroad. Authors Karl Raitz and Nancy O'Malley chart its transformation from an ancient footpath used by Native Americans and early settlers to a central highway, examining the effect that its development had on the evolution of transportation technology as well as the usage and abandonment of other thoroughfares, and illustrating how this historic road shaped the wider American landscape.

À propos des auteurs: Karl Raitz is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Kentucky and author of Bourbon's Backroads: A Journey through Kentucky's Distilling Landscape. He is coeditor of The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah Landscapes from Prehistory to the Present and coauthor of Rock Fences of the Bluegrass.

Nancy O'Malley is a professional archaeologist specializing in early settlement and Revolutionary War Kentucky. She is the author of Boonesborough Unearthed: Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort and Stockading Up: A Study of Pioneer Stations in the Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, as well as coauthor of Kentucky's Frontier Highway: Historical Landscapes along the Maysville Road.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Kentucky's Frontier Highway: Historical ...
Éditeur : Univ Pr of Kentucky
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Brand New