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“…animal paths…”
“…carving blaze marks…”
“Food was plentiful…”
“…beyond the region of bread…”
“The Creeks were called Creeks…”
“…horses and oxen…”
“One mile of corduroy road…”
“Trees towered primordially…”
“Of the shrubs…”
“Deer took shelter…”
“There was iris…”
“…skinning an otter…”
“…the violent games…”
“…their fires shining…”
“Here and there…”
“Finally, the pioneers came…”
“…the town of Mount Meigs…”
“…animal paths…”
Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 11.
“…carving blaze marks…”
Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 100.
“Food was plentiful…”
Brantley, M. E. (1985). Early settlers along the Old Federal Road in Monroe & Conecuh Counties, Alabama. Stalt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Dept., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, p. 6.
“…beyond the region of bread…”
Hamilton, T. (2018). Men and manners in America. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, p. 336.
“The Creeks were called Creeks…”
Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 15.
“…horses and oxen…”
Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 91.
Chase is quoting from the letters of Adam Hodgson.
“One mile of corduroy…”
Hamilton, T. (2018). Men and manners in America. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, p. 370.
Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 90.
“Trees towered primordially…”
Bernhard, K. (1828). Travels through North America, during the years 1825 and 1826. In two volumes. Philadelphia: Carey, pp. 28-29.
“Of the shrubs…”
Royall, A. N. (1830). Mrs. Royall's southern tour: Or, Second series of the Black book. Washington, Vol. 2, pp. 146-47.
“Deer took shelter…”
Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 12.
“There was iris…”
Martineau, H. (1837). Society in America. London: Saunders and Otley, Vol. 1, p. 215.
Royall, A. N. (1830). Mrs. Royall's southern tour: Or, Second series of the Black book. Washington, Vol. 2, p. 147.
“…skinning an otter…”
Bernhard, K. (1828). Travels through North America, during the years 1825 and 1826. In two volumes. Philadelphia: Carey, p. 29.
“…the violent games…”
Hall, Margaret, The Aristocratic Journey; Being the Outspoken Letters of Mrs. Basil Hall Written during a Fourteen Months’ Sojourn in America 1827-1828, as quoted in Benton, J., Benton, J. C., & Historic Chattahoochee Commission. (1998). The Very Worst Road. Eufaula, AL: Historic Chattahoochee Commission of Alabama and Georgia, pp. 51-52.
“…their fires shining…”
Hamilton, T. (2018). Men and manners in America. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, p. 336.
“Here and there…”
Buckingham, J. S. (1842). The slave states of America. London: Fisher, Son & Co, p. 251.
“Finally, the pioneers came…”
Buckingham, J. S. (1842). The slave states of America. London: Fisher, Son & Co, pp. 256, 258.
“…the town of Mount Meigs…”
Royall, A. N. (1830). Mrs. Royall's southern tour: Or, Second series of the Black book. Washington, Vol. 2, p. 179.