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 CHAPTER VI

HE practical importance of the study of early thoroughfares is appreciated when the historical evolution of land travel in America is clearly understood.

As the study of this evolution is to be the subject of this series of volumes, it will be presented here only in outline, to form a fitting and practical conclusion to the subject in hand.

For instance, the evolution of Indian thoroughfares to military roads is seen in the following charts: