{"product_id":"breaking-the-appalachian-barrier-john-hrastar-9781476670447","title":"Breaking the Appalachian Barrier: Maryland as the Gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003e In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1751 a private Virginia company pioneered a road from Maryland to Ohio, challenging the French and Indians for the Ohio country. Several wars stalled the road, which did not start in earnest until after Ohio became a state in 1803. The stone-paved Cumberland Road--from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia--was complete by 1818 and over the next 30 years was traversed by Conestoga wagons and stagecoaches. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad--the first general purpose railroad in the world--started in Baltimore in the 1820s and reached Wheeling by 1852, uniting east and west.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hrastar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476670447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476670447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.80d","brand":"John Hrastar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123897397503,"sku":"9781476670447","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba873712-0284-406f-9e1d-d0999ca98731.jpg?v=1687433535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breaking-the-appalachian-barrier-john-hrastar-9781476670447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}