Just Fine the Way They Are
From Dirt Roads to Rail Roads to Interstates

Mr. John Slack, a tavern keeper in 1805, was not happy when two senators from Ohio and Connecticut had decided to tell the U.S. Congress that the United States needed a National Road so the folks who lived in the East could get to the Ohio RIver. Wagon drivers would stay the night at his tavern whil......more

The book opens in 1805 with an old man not being happy about a new road that the politicians felt was needed to get folks from point A to point B. Old man Slack wasn’t happy about it at all you see his tavern was right on this proposed dirt road and much of his business was his because of that road.......more

Just Fine the Way They Are By: Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge Illustrated By: Richard Walz ISBN: 9781590787106 Format: Hardcover My Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads’ Synopsis: Change. Who needs it? We do! Mr. John Slack, the keeper of a tavern beside a rutted dirt road in the early 1800s, thought things were just fin......more

Sometimes change is hard. Sometimes people believe that things don’t need to change because things are just fine the way they are! Just Fine the Way They Are tells the story of how the dirt roads in the 1800’s became the U.S. highway system of today with beautiful illustrations by Richard Walz. Wool......more

JUST FINE THE WAY THEY ARE:FROM DIRT ROADS TO RAIL ROADS TO INTERSTATES by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge,illustrated by Richard Walz is a wonderfully written young adult read with two hundred years of American highway system history and wonderful illustrations. Young and old alike will enjoy this stor......more