Monday, December 1, 2014

How fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s?


Did you know that in 1830 you could travel across the U.S. nearly twice as fast as you could thirty years before?  The Mother Nature Network has put together an excellent article showing how much travel times changed during the 1800s.  Click here to see the maps of routes and learn more about why travel times improved so much.

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