. Unser Land in Geschichte . ll entlang der Cumberland Road wurden gefunden Nummer-less Tavernen, die Gastfreundschaft der Scharen von Reisenden, die kamen und wentover dieser High-Way angeboten. Die allerfrühesten westerntave.rns wererude log cabins enthalten in der Regel ein Zimmer. Hier vor dem riesigen Kamin waren die Reisenden froh, zusammen auf dem Raufplankenboden schlafen. Später sprangen in großen Zahlen besser gebaute Tavernen auf. Diese waren oft zwei Stockwerke hoch und oft enthalten mehrere Ergänzungen und eine Veranda. Die Teamster auf dem Cumberland Roa.d waren eine harte, fröhliche Klasse von Menschen. Ihre Unterkunft Plätze, oder w
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. Our country in story . ll along the Cumberland Road were found number-less taverns which offered hospitality to the throngs of travelers thatcame and wentover this high-way. The veryearliest westerntave.rns wererude log cabinsusually contain-ing one room.Here before thehuge fireplace the travelers were glad to sleep together on the roughplank floor. Later, better-built taverns sprang up in greatnumbers. These were frequently two stories high andoften contained several additions and a veranda. The teamsters on the Cumberland Roa.d were a hardy, jolly class of people. Their lodging places, or wagon-houses, were far more numerous than the coach-taverns, and were often only a mile or two apart. These houseswere plain frame buildings, surrounded.by spacious yards, great watering troughs, and large barns. The kitchen was perhaps the most important featureof the tavern. The women of the old West were skillfulcooks. They knew how to provide their guests with plainbut savory and nourishing food. In truth, the landlords. A TAVERN WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI 257 and landladies of the early taverns were looked upon asvery important personages indeed. Life along the great national road was ever full of stir-ring interest. How we should have enjoyed a stage-coachjourney over the famous track! What interesting sightswould have been those numberless coach drivers, mailcarriers, and wagoners; those thousands and thousandsof passengers and emigrants who passed over the statelystretches of the great National Pike. Coaches, as manyas twenty or more, followed one another in a single line.Dashing mail stages hurried around and away from theclouds of dust raised by enormous droves of cattle. Hun-dreds of tired horses rested beside their great loads inthe spacious wagonhouse yards. As many as seventywandering guests were served breakfast in some tavernson a single morning. The air resounded with the noise oftooting, blasting horns, jingling bells, and creaking, crunching wheels. The greatest eve
