I have heard that some people travel in a cold baggage compartment. Others travel in a boxcars or underneath them, sometimes dragging what ever is hanging the lowest. Of course these people usually are traveling alone. What if your spouse or a child is traveling with you going fourth Class? I wonder, were there travel agents back in the early days of traveling?
Hopping one of those trains in the winter must be awfully chilling, with ones fingers freezing to the steel material of the cars. And then if that train conductor caught you and beat on you with his club “ ouch” that must have hurt!
In the late 1800 and the early 1900. The people traveled by boat or train, But more people traveled by horse back and those that couldn’t ride a horse, used a buggy or a sleigh. In the summer times or if it was on the chilly side, people would dress appropriately, In the winter, if they were royalty, The coach could be heated with hot stones. For the buggies and sleighs, people would cover their legs and laps with Buffalo robes. If there were children , they would be so active, moving around would keep them warm.
To move ahead a bit, people will travel by space ship, and I have no idea what that would involve, but there are a large number of ways to travel in between, horses and space ships. High up in the mountains People usually walked and the winter months, they would used snow shoes and skies. Most people like me, would stay home where it was warm. Unless you have to go out, don’t go!
People that were making a much longer trip, like the wagon trains that traveled from the east to the west. These people really had it bad, The heat from the deserts cause heat strokes and a number of other things. A large part of the people never survived. And it seemed that when they got a good start, they would have to stop and circle the wagons, because those Indians would attack them anywhere and anytime. What you heard about Indians not attacking at night, is not true. The Indians rode around the circled wagons all night long, hollering and yelling and that kept the people awake all night long. Come morning, a fresh group of Indians would take over. General Custer and his troops were never around when they were needed.
If the wagons were caught in a storm while going over mountains, they could, and a lot them did, freeze to death. More people walked behind the wagons, than there were people riding in them. These people were usually traveling third class. and they were given a rope that was tied on to the back of the wagons, to hang on to in bad weather. Fourth class travelers never got a rope.
Some people used Mules or Oxen even cows to pull the wagons, I once heard a story about a man called Johnny, that even used Goats. I am not sure, but I think he was the one that found a large gold nugget, in a place called “ Potato Creek. In The Black Hills of South Dakota. He out lived the Indians, that were always chasing him. Some times you will see him marching in a parade in Deadwood’s Days of “76”
A lot of people with money, the richer families, would travel by ship, all the way around Cape Horn and up the west coast. Traveling on some ships was even worse than going by wagon train. Going around Cape Horn is where you can find the worst weather, when going by sea. Many ships were lost and there appeared to be no survivors. It would be hard to say how many were taken by Pirates and sold as slaves !
My slave, came from a large Finnish family that homesteaded in the place called Roubaix , in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She is just about all used up and needs to be replaced. But I am just too tired and getting too old to train another slave. The first time she said yes, was the best thing she has ever done! She travels by Honda or Ford when she goes anywhere now days.
One thing she has that could never be replaced by any one else; Is her children and grand children and of course the dog and grand dogs that would never pull a dog sled.
Hopping one of those trains in the winter must be awfully chilling, with ones fingers freezing to the steel material of the cars. And then if that train conductor caught you and beat on you with his club “ ouch” that must have hurt!
In the late 1800 and the early 1900. The people traveled by boat or train, But more people traveled by horse back and those that couldn’t ride a horse, used a buggy or a sleigh. In the summer times or if it was on the chilly side, people would dress appropriately, In the winter, if they were royalty, The coach could be heated with hot stones. For the buggies and sleighs, people would cover their legs and laps with Buffalo robes. If there were children , they would be so active, moving around would keep them warm.
To move ahead a bit, people will travel by space ship, and I have no idea what that would involve, but there are a large number of ways to travel in between, horses and space ships. High up in the mountains People usually walked and the winter months, they would used snow shoes and skies. Most people like me, would stay home where it was warm. Unless you have to go out, don’t go!
People that were making a much longer trip, like the wagon trains that traveled from the east to the west. These people really had it bad, The heat from the deserts cause heat strokes and a number of other things. A large part of the people never survived. And it seemed that when they got a good start, they would have to stop and circle the wagons, because those Indians would attack them anywhere and anytime. What you heard about Indians not attacking at night, is not true. The Indians rode around the circled wagons all night long, hollering and yelling and that kept the people awake all night long. Come morning, a fresh group of Indians would take over. General Custer and his troops were never around when they were needed.
If the wagons were caught in a storm while going over mountains, they could, and a lot them did, freeze to death. More people walked behind the wagons, than there were people riding in them. These people were usually traveling third class. and they were given a rope that was tied on to the back of the wagons, to hang on to in bad weather. Fourth class travelers never got a rope.
Some people used Mules or Oxen even cows to pull the wagons, I once heard a story about a man called Johnny, that even used Goats. I am not sure, but I think he was the one that found a large gold nugget, in a place called “ Potato Creek. In The Black Hills of South Dakota. He out lived the Indians, that were always chasing him. Some times you will see him marching in a parade in Deadwood’s Days of “76”
A lot of people with money, the richer families, would travel by ship, all the way around Cape Horn and up the west coast. Traveling on some ships was even worse than going by wagon train. Going around Cape Horn is where you can find the worst weather, when going by sea. Many ships were lost and there appeared to be no survivors. It would be hard to say how many were taken by Pirates and sold as slaves !
My slave, came from a large Finnish family that homesteaded in the place called Roubaix , in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She is just about all used up and needs to be replaced. But I am just too tired and getting too old to train another slave. The first time she said yes, was the best thing she has ever done! She travels by Honda or Ford when she goes anywhere now days.
One thing she has that could never be replaced by any one else; Is her children and grand children and of course the dog and grand dogs that would never pull a dog sled.
Maybe this should have been titled "History on the run"
July 20, 2010
Ben R.
Ben R.
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