At the beginning of the essay Longfellow talks about the history of the road, “The Main Street of America”. Longfellow goes on to tell what happened to the road and who used it. It also states that the “federal government was taking control of it”. The National Road basically talks about the history of the road, how it became popular and why people started liking it.
Next the popularity was soaring, there were so many people driving on the road. The road finally earned its name “The Main Street of America”. Then the population started decreasing due to railroads being built. People began to be more interested in the road because there were old buildings, bridges, old stone mile markers, and old brick school houses. The road