1815-1850: Communications
1815-1850: Chapter Four: Communications
by J. JACOB JONES
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 100
OVERVIEW 105
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Bridges 106
The McCall’s Ferry Bridge 108
Canals 108
The Clipper Ships 110
The Erie Canal 111
Flatboats and Keelboats 113
Mike Fink 113
A National Road System 115
Newspapers and Magazines 116
The Great Moon Hoax 117
Packet Lines 119
The Plank-Road Craze 121
Post Office 122
The Great Postal Campaign 122
Railroads 122
The Annihilation of Space and Time 124
Stagecoach Lines 125
Steamboats 126
Explosion of the Moselle 127
The Telegraph 128
HEADLINE MAKERS
Horace Greeley 129
Samuel F. B. Morse 130
Henry M. Shreve 131
Ithiel Town 133
PUBLICATIONS 135
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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