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We who contemplate making the trip ensconced in the upholstered comfort of a machine rolling on air filled tires, will, perhaps, be less petulant of some strip of roughened macadam, less bewildered by the characteristic windings, if we recall something of the first back breaking cart that  not so very long ago  crashed over the stony road, and toilsomely worked its way from devious lane to lane. WE WHO CONTEMPLATE MAKING THE TRIP ENSCONCED IN THE IMPULSTERED COMFORT OF A MACHINE ROLLING ON AIR FILLED TIRES WILL PERHAPS BE LESS PETULANT OF SOME STRIP OF ROUGHENED MACADUM LESS BEWILDERED BY THE CHARACTERISTIC WINDINGS IF WE RECALL SOMETHING OF THE FIRST BACK BREAKING CART THAT NOT SO VERY LONG AGO CRASHED OVER THE STONY ROAD AND TOILSOMELY WORKED ITS WAY FROM DEVIOUS LANE TO LANE
re ushered in with the sound of a horn, and handsome equipages with well-groomed, well-harnessed horses ply swiftly back and forth. Genial inns, with swinging pictorial signboards (for many a traveler cannot read), spring up along the way, and the post is installed. But even with fair roads and regular coaching service, New England, separated by her fixed topographical outlines, remains provincial. It is not until the coming of the railroad, in the middle of the nineteenth century, that the hills are overcome, and she ceases to be an exclusively coastwise community and becomes an integral factor in the economic development of the whole United States. Thus, then, from a thin thread of a trail barely wide enough for one moccasined foot to step before the other, to a broad, leveled thoroughfare, so wide that three or even four automobiles may ride abreast, and so clean that at the end of an all-day's journey one's face is hardly dusty, does the history of the Old Coast Road unroll itself. LD COACHING DAYS ARE USHERED IN WITH THE SOUND OF A HORN AND THE HANDSOME EQUIPAGES WITH WELL GROOMED WELL HARNESSED HORSES PLY SWIFTLY BACK AND FORTH GENIAL INNS WITH SWINGING PICTORIAL SIGN BOARDS FOR MANY A TRAVELLER CANNOT READ SPRING UP ALONG THE WAY AND THE POST IS INSTALLED BUT EVEN WITH FAIR ROADS AND REGULAR COACHING SERVICE NEW ENGLAND SEPARATED BY HER FIXED TOPOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES REMAINS PROVINCIAL IT IS NOT UNTIL THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THAT THE HILLS ARE OVERCOME AND SHE CEASES TO BE AN EXCLUSIVELY COAST WIDE COMMUNITY AND BECOMES AN INTEGRAL FACTOR IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE UNITED STATES THUS THEN FROM A THIN THREAD OF A TRAIL BARELY WIDE ENOUGH FOR ONE MOCCASINED FOOT TO STEP BEFORE THE OTHER TO A BROAD LEVELED THOROUGHFARE SO WIDE THAT THREE OR EVEN FOUR AUTOMOBILES MAY RIDE ABREAST AND SO CLEAN THAT AT THE END OF AN ALL DAY'S JOURNEY ONE'S FACE IS HARDLY DUSTY DOES THE HISTORY OF THE OLD COAST ROAD UNROLL ITSELF
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