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News article in Herald of Freedom, 1851 - "The Prospects Ahead."

Herald of Freedom
January 15, 1851

The Prospects Ahead

Under this head, the Clearspring Whig of last week makes the following remarks;—

The Canal is now complete to Cumberland, and the time is fast approaching when this great work will change the appearance of the upper part of our State. Instead of wilderness that was to be met with along the Potomac, new towns with busy inhabitants will spring up along the line of Canal, and bringing to market the produce of the soil that heretofore was of but of little use to its owner.