| CHAPTER I. | PAGES |
| Inception of the Road—Author’s Motive in Writing its History—No History of the Appian Way—A Popular Error Corrected—Henry Clay, Andrew Stewart, T. M. T. McKennan, General Beeson, Lewis Steenrod and Daniel Sturgeon—Their Services in Behalf of the Road, etc., etc. | 13-19 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Origin of the Fund for Making the Road—Acts for the Admission of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, etc., etc. | 20-24 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The Act of Congress Authorizing the Laying Out and Making of the Road | 25-27 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Special Message of President Jefferson—Communicating to Congress the First Report of the Commissioners—Uniontown left out, etc. | 28-35 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Pennsylvania grants Permission to make the Road through her Territory—Uniontown Restored, Gist left Out, and Washington, Pennsylvania, made a Point—Heights of Mountains and Hills—On to Brownsville and Wheeling, etc., etc. | 36-40 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, called upon for Information Respecting the Fund Applicable to the Roads mentioned in the Ohio Admission Act—His Responses | 41-43 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| The Life of the Road Threatened by the Spectre of a Constitutional Cavil—President Monroe Vetoes a Bill for its Preservation and Repair—General Jackson has Misgivings—Hon. Andrew Stewart Comes to the Rescue | 44-51 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| State Authority Prevails—The Road Surrendered by Congress—The Erection of Toll Gates Authorized— Commissioners Appointed by the States to Receive the Road, etc., etc. | 52-56 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Plan of Repairs—The Macadam System Adopted—Mr. Stockton offers his services—Captain Delafield made Superintendent, etc., etc. | 57-63 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Lieut. Mansfield superseded by Capt. Delafield—The Turning of Wills Mountain, etc., etc. | 64-76 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| On with the Work—Wooden Bridges Proposed for the New Location up Wills Creek and Braddock’s Run—The War Department holds that Wooden Superstructures would be a Substantial Compliance with the Maryland Law—Cumberland to Frostburg, etc. | 77-86 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Gen. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Transmits a Report—More about the Wooden Bridges for the New Location near Cumberland, etc. | 87-94 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| The Iron Bridge over Dunlap’s Creek at Brownsville | 95-99 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Appropriations by Congress at Various Times for Making, Repairing, and Continuing the Road | 100-106 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| Speech of Hon. T. M. T. McKennan | 107-108 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Life on the Road—Origin of the Phrase Pike Boys—Slaves Driven like Horses—Race Distinction at the Old Taverns—Old Wagoners—Regulars and Sharpshooters— Line Teams | 109-115 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| Old Wagoners continued—Broad and Narrow Wheels— Peculiar Wagon—An Experiment and a Failure—Wagon Beds—Bell Teams | 116-119 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| Old Wagoners continued | 120-126 |
| CHAPTER XIX. |
| Old Wagoners continued—The Harness they Used, etc. | 127-133 |
| CHAPTER XX. |
| Old Wagoners continued—An Exciting Incident of the Political Campaign of 1840—All about a Petticoat—A Trip to Tennessee—Origin of the Toby Cigar—The Rubber—The Windup and Last Lay of the Old Wagoners | 134-145 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Stage Drivers, Stage Lines and Stage Coaches—The Postillion, etc. | 146-155 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Stages and Stage Drivers continued—Character of Drivers Defended—Styles of Driving—Classification of Drivers, etc. | 156-163 |
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