Contents: Introduction --- Road Methods of the First Settlers --- One of the Earliest Roads in the United States --- Forced-Labor System and Roads of the Early Colonists --- Inauguration of Turnpike Roads by Chartered Companies (The Wilderness Turnpike - The Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike) --- Era of Speculation and Restoration of Forced-Labor System --- National Highways --- The Cumberland Road --- Proposition in Congress for a National System of Roads --- Congressional Action Regarding Road Building --- Introduction and Development of Steam Railroads --- Difficulties of Transportation and of Travel --- Establishment of the Office of Public Road Inquiries --- Progress of the Movement in the States for Good Roads