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| Title | Plank Roads in Missouri |
| Abstract | Article contains information on the development and use of plank roads for transportation in Missouri during part of the nineteenth century. "Beginning in 1849, and running through the administrations of Governors Austin A. King and Sterling Price, the people of Missouri had almost a mania for organizing plank road companies, and for the building of such roads." Although the plank roads were around for only a short while, they provided a start to the good roads that later developed. |
| Author | North Todd Gentry
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| Date | April 1937 |
| Source | Missouri Historical Review |
| Location | Periodical |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Volume | 31 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page | 272-287 |
| See Also | The Western Journal, May 1850, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 71-76 - "Art. I. - Internal Improvements-Plank Roads" and "Art. IV. - Plank Roads," p. 91-98 - MVSC 330.5 W52. (Includes a table which shows the turnpike roads in Missouri and gives their location as well as the finances involved.) |
| Subject | Plank roads
Transportation
Roads
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Magazine article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 218553 |
| CONTENTdm number | 38250 |
