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16 matches to Wilderness Road
Wilderness Road. 1790-1840. Settlers’ route from Virginia to Kentucky.
Appian Way. 312BC. Appius Claudius’ road from Rome to Brindisi.
Autobahn. German road system begun by Hitler to reduce unemployment, 1934.
Caldwell, Erskine. 1903-87. US author. Tobacco Road. God’s Little Acre 1933.
Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.
Elizabeth I. 1533-1603. Queen of England, 1558-. Stable, prosperous reign of literature and art. Restored Protestantism. Supported them abroad.
Flaminian Way. 220BC. Roman road to Rimini.
Jolson, Al. 1886-1950. US Vaudeville and Broadway performer. First talking film: The Jazz Singer 1927.
Kerouac, Jack. 1922-69. US Beat novelist. On the Road 1957.
McAdam, John. 1756-1836. Scottish inventor of Macadam gravel road 1810...Tarmac.
Stanford, Leland. 1824-93. US railroad builder. Stanford University 1885.
Tolls. 1109, Elbe River. 1264, English roads.
Twain, Mark. (Samuel Clemens) 1835-1910. US humorist: Innocents Abroad 1869. Tom Sawyer 1876. Huckleberry Finn 1885.
Underground Railroad. 1838-65. Northerners help US slaves escape to Canada, defying Fugitive Slave Acts.
Vanderbilt. 19C US Railroad magnate family. Founded university.
Watling Street. Roman road from London to NW England. Part still in use.