"What you probably didn't know about Covered Wagons" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Jun 2021 10:27 p.m. PST |
"Safety in numbers. Or, if you prefer, misery loves company. Either way, the great Western Migration of the 19th Century was largely accomplished by people crossing the Great Plains, bound from the East, or even what's now the Midwest, en route to the lush lands of Oregon and California, there for the taking, there for the settling — if you survived the trip. There was no easy way to make a new life for yourself in the 1800s. Not if you wanted to move, and not if you wanted to move a family. Passage by ship around the tip of South America was an expensive and dangerous option. Railroads? The transcontinental railroad wasn't completed until 1869, according to History. Stagecoach? Impractical for families, plus what they might need when you got where you were going — tools, household goods…"
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| d88mm1940 | 05 Jun 2021 11:09 a.m. PST |
Very interesting article. Nice find! |
| PaulCollins | 05 Jun 2021 11:31 a.m. PST |
Interesting reading. Thanks. |
| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2021 3:26 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends!.
Armand
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| Bismarck | 06 Jun 2021 9:32 a.m. PST |
Great find, Armand!
I was(still am with the reruns) a big fan of the western tv
show "Wagon Train". Watching each episode, I always think
those had to be some awfully tough men, women and children
to make that journey. Reading this, one wonders how we
actually made it out West. Some really strong people.both
physically and willed. thanks as always, Sam |
| Tango01 | 06 Jun 2021 3:39 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!
A great fan myself too… Bonanza, High Chaparral… Sugarfoot… etc etc etc.
Oh!… the good old days.!…
Armand
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looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!