The National Road Heritage Corridor (NRHC) is proud to share a new logo design that honors the road that built a nation while pointing boldly toward the future of our region. For more than three decades, NRHC has worked to protect, celebrate, and revitalize the communities, landscapes, and stories of the National Road. As our […]
PA Route 6 Takes the Crown in the Ultimate Road Trip Playlist Challenge – But the Real Winner is Pennsylvania Over the last few weeks, three of Pennsylvania’s most historic roadways — PA Route 6, the Lincoln Highway, and the PA National Road — came together for something a little unexpected: a friendly playlist showdown. […]
In the early 19th century, funding for the National Road’s construction and ongoing maintenance was a significant challenge for governments. To overcome this, the concept of toll roads was introduced. Toll houses were erected at strategic points along these roads, where travelers had to stop and pay a fee in exchange for using the road. […]
Having raised import taxes as high as it dared, in 1791 it imposed its first tax on a domestic product: distilled spirits. As a luxury tax, it seemed the least objectionable.
How Industry, taverns, blacksmiths, commerce, Teamsters, and drovers pushed Westward paving the way for the National Road
Modern America has a romantic vision of the mid-20th century road trip — sleek automobiles, distinctive diners and motor hotels, kitschy roadside attractions. For the first time ever, motorists could go anywhere in the country and find adventure in comfort and on their own schedules.
As Britain grew its 13 American colonies in the 1600s and 1700s and eyed the Ohio Country to the west, France occupied New France to the north and advanced southward into the Ohio River valley. Conflict was inevitable.
In 1791, responding to the first federal tax ever laid on an American product, gangs of rebels began to attack federal officials in a revolt that become known as the Whiskey Rebellion.
In this National Road focused episode of Laid Back History, join Clay, Rich, and Keith the archeologist as they head under the National Road to unearth the history of the Brownsville Tunnel.
What happens when you put a historian, an archaeologist, and a reenactor into a Jeep and ask them to follow the original National Road? Ride along with Brian, Clay, and Rich on their Laid Back History Road Trip as they travel the Road from Washington to West Virginia and share some history along the way.