Hulbert argues that the first roads of America were laid down long before Europeans arrived: by the mound-building peoples, whose earthworks cluster along high ground and watersheds, and by the buffalo, whose migrating herds trampled routes across the interior. Drawing on early travellers’ accounts and archaeological maps, he traces how those trails set the course of later travel and settlement.
The opening volume of Hulbert’s Historic Highways of America, a readable starting point for anyone curious about the oldest routes across the continent. Download the free EPUB.