Source: from Thomas B. Searight The Old Pike: a History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon: Uniontown, PA: Thomas Searight, 1894 (pp. 231-2 and illustration p. 356). These excerpts obtained from an online copy of the book available at Historic Pittsburgh Digital Library site. Note: It is not entirely clear that the above photograph shows the same water trough as the text describes. In the book, the photograph does not accompany the description. It is the photo's caption that prompted me to include it here. return to documents page