American Covered Bridges: A Pictorial History Book

	Introduction	5
Chapter 1	The First Covered Bridges	11
	Early American Bridges	12
	Exploration and Experiment	17
	Why Covered Bridges?	17
	A Choice of Materials	20
Chapter 2	The Men Behind the Bridges	23
	Lewis Wernwag, Bridge Builder	23
	The Most Prolific Covered-Bridge Builder	30
	Yankee Ingenuity	33
	Railroads Take Center Stage	36
Chapter 3	A Geographic Overview	40
	New England	40
	The East	47
	The Middle West	55
	The Pacific States	63
Chapter 4	The Lore of Covered Bridges	67
	Ghost Stories	67
	More Than Passage	75
	A Dwindling Resource	77
	Photo Credits	80