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#45 The National Road, or How the West Was Won
Manage episode 224418136 series 2399854
Wherein we explore the whys and wherefores of America's Main Street, the National Road, that turnpike that led millions of settlers West to tame the wild frontiers. We'll hear the confounding stories of how the government came to fund its first and very controversial interstate, as well as the stories of the colorful characters who traversed it on their adventures westward. All at www.wildful.wordpress.com, the one-stop vacation station about life in the Allegany Highlands of Western MD.
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#45 The National Road, or How the West Was Won
Wildfulness: On Nature, Wellness, and Life in the Allegany Highlands Deep Creek
Manage episode 224418136 series 2399854
Wherein we explore the whys and wherefores of America's Main Street, the National Road, that turnpike that led millions of settlers West to tame the wild frontiers. We'll hear the confounding stories of how the government came to fund its first and very controversial interstate, as well as the stories of the colorful characters who traversed it on their adventures westward. All at www.wildful.wordpress.com, the one-stop vacation station about life in the Allegany Highlands of Western MD.
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