opposition has always been an incident of progress; and even in
this new country, receptive as it was to new ideas, the
Washingtons, the Fitches, the Fultons, the Coopers, and the
Whitneys, who saw visions and dreamed dreams, all had to face
scepticism and hostility from those whom they would serve.

A. B. H.

Worcester, Mass.,
June, 1919.


CONTENTS

I. THE MAN WHO CAUGHT THE VISION
II. THE RED MAN'S TRAIL
III. THE MASTERY OF THE RIVERS
IV. A NATION ON WHEELS
V. THE FLATBOAT AGE
VI. THE PASSING SHOW OF 1800
VII. THE BIRTH OF THE STEAMBOAT
VIII. THE CONQUEST OF THE ALLEGHANIES
IX. THE DAWN OF THE IRON AGE
X. THE PATHWAY OF THE LAKES
XI. THE STEAMBOAT AND THE WEST
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE


THE PATHS OF INLAND COMMERCE