National Pike

Here's an advertisement for a new coach service between Frederick (where TOLLROADSnews is based) and Hagerstown Maryland - one of the first improved roads over the Appalachians. The ad is part of a Historic Marker recently placed by the site of the National Pike in Hagerstown.

From the ad it seems service was something of a monopoly before the Union Line got going. It advertises FARE REDUCED.  read more »