B.

Baily, Francis, journey in United States (1796-97), 81-98; quoted, 90-91.

Balcony Falls, trail between James and Great Kanawha Rivers at, 19.

Baltimore, road to Albany, 58; part in transportation development, 136-137, 143-151.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 153; Washington's vision realized by, 10; follows old trail, 18, 29; state appropriation, 148; contest with canal company, 150-151; reaches Ohio, 151, 171.

Baltimore-Frederick Turnpike, 59.

Baltimore-Reisterstown Turnpike, 58-59, 143.

Baring Brothers contribute to canal work, 163.

Bay Path, see Old Bay Path.

Becknell, Captain William, organizes first wagon train for Sante Fé, 187.

Bedford, Fort, established, 50.

Bixby, Captain, at Hat Island, 181.

Black Hawk War (1832), 162.

Bonneville, Captain B. L. E., on Overland Trail, 189.

"Bonnyclabber Country," 86, 87.

Boone, Daniel, 19.

Bouquet, Colonel Henry, criticizes Washington, 50.

Boston and Albany Railroad, 13, 16.

Boulton and Watt of Birmingham, Fulton uses engine of, 110, 113.

Braddock's Road, 51.

Brissot, French traveler in America, 81, 83.

Broad River, trail on, 19.

Brown, Charles, builds hull of Clermont, 113.

Brown, George, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 149.

Brownsville (Penn.) growth of, 26.

Bryan, Guy, of Philadelphia, 66.

Buffalo, demand for means of transportation, 164, 170; harbor improvement, 169; growth, 172.

Buffalo-Utica Canal, 124; see also Erie Canal.

Bunting, "Red," stagecoach driver, 123.

Burt, W. A., discovers iron ore in Michigan, 165-166.