#45 The National Road, or How the West Was Won

Wherein we explore the whys and wherefores of America's Main Street, the National Road, that turnpike that led millions of settlers West to tame the wild frontiers. We'll hear the confounding stories of how the government came to fund its first and very controversial interstate, as well as the stories of the colorful characters who traversed it on their adventures westward. All at www.wildful.wordpress.com, the one-stop vacation station about life in the Allegany Highlands of Western MD.