Steve_Colby Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Now available on CRP, all of the ROAD MAPS from Robert Bruce's book The National Road; most historic thoroughfare in the United States, and strategic eastern link in the National old trails ocean-to-ocean highway. Baltimore and Washington to Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland; Uniontown, Brownsville and Washington, Pennsylvania, and Wheeling, West Virginia, including a series of detailed maps,showing topography and principal points of historic interest. Published in 1916. ~ Steve Edited January 25, 2010 by Steve_Colby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 This is excellent! I've had to exercise serious restraint to keep from tracing each of these maps against Google Maps this morning (since I'm at work and should be, um, working). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Colby Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 This is excellent! I've had to exercise serious restraint to keep from tracing each of these maps against Google Maps this morning (since I'm at work and should be, um, working). Jim, An even better source for maps with early road alignments is MyTopo:Historical Topographic Maps. I used the 1900 Paw Paw (WV) NorthEast Quad to research the original road route for this article: OLD BEAR CREEK BRIDGE - WEST SIDE of SIDELING HILL MTN. ~ Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyG Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Holy mackerel! Getting the Bruce stuff on line is truly wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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