Waterways and byways, 1600-1890 / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

Contents: Section 1. Indian Trails -- An Indian trail over Hoosac Mountain / Clifford J. Schexnayder -- Section 2. Canals -- Inclined to succeed : the South Hadley Canal / Kenneth L. Williamson -- Memphremagog or bust : the Connecticut River Company, the Farmington Canal, and their battle for the Upper Connecticut River / Richard DeLuca -- From the sea to the Commonwealth's heart : the short-lived Blackstone Canal / Tom Kelleher -- Manufacturing Eden : the rivers and canals of Lowell, 1820-1870 / Jane Weiss -- Section 3. Lakes and waterways -- Lake Champlain : ice highway / ice byway / Susan M. Ouellette -- Maine's myriad waterways and the coastal granite manufacturing industry, 1815-1890 / Aaron Paul -- Section 4. Timekeeping -- Timekeeping and timekeepers on New England byways / Bob Frishman -- Section 5. Banditry and Hucksterism -- Pirates, bandits, and runagates : roving outlaws on early American waterways / James I. Deutsch -- Dr Anthony Yeldall : a Philadelphia pharmacist navigates the American northeast / Peter Benes -- "Like an avalanche" : traveling circuses on roads, rivers, and rails / Richard W. Flint -- Waterways and byways bibliography

Deerfield, Mass. : Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, 2014

2014

136 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references