Download or read book The Paths of Inland Commerce written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of American development as it is bound up with the history of transportation. Covers the early methods such as wagoner, pack-horseman, riverman and canal boatman, thru the perfection of the steamboat and the beginnings of the modern railroads.