After the Northwest Territory opened in 1787, a wave of pioneer expansion took place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
New turnpikes were constructed to accommodate the ever-increasing number of settlers moving west.
The history of Clark's successful ferry and tavern businesses reflect an increase in the demand for ferry and tavern services brought about at the turn of the nineteenth century by increasing western migration and new road systems.
In Crossing with the Clarks.
Sunbury Press, Inc. Crossing with the clarks: a history of a scottish family's ferries and tavern on the susquehanna river, paperback/victor hart
