Maps, Atlas, Ohio River, Appalachian Trail, Migration, Native Americans 

Contents: Introduction ** Early English Settlements ** The Physical Barrier ** A Road System to Communicate ** The First English Highway ** Original Trails on the Frontier: Buffalo Trails and Indian Paths - Traders Trails - Routes of the Fur Trade ** The Moveable English Frontier: The Frontier in New England - A Southern Frontier ** Building a Road System: The First Obstacle, The Fall Line - The Carolina Road (Upper Road-Rogues Road) - The Great Wagon Road - Trails East of the Mountains ** War on the Frontier: The Roads of War - Aftermath of the French and Indian War ** Attacking the Mountains: Settlers Fill the Valleys and Cross the Ridges - Revolution and the West ** Eastern Virginia Meets the Valley ** Kentucky Country ** Ohio on the Other Side 1785-1795 ** Trails to Highway and Turnpikes: Trails to the Forks of the Ohio - Central Virginia Trails - Trails of Kentucky ** Turnpike Life ** The Continent is Open ** Appendix A: The Travels of Settlers Levi Van Hoose and Family ** Appendix B: Western Virginian Blockhouses, Stockades and Forts of the Revolutionary War Period ** Bibliography. - from Amzon