A history of travel in America : showing the development of travel and transportation from the crude methods of the canoe and the dog-sled to the highly organized railway systems of the present, together with a narrative of the human experiences and changing social conditions that accompanied this economic conquest of the continent (1915)
y able man, was a bit stubborn in his opinions and somewhat intolerant 5f opposition. He preferred to have his own way. The trait in question had been shown in connection with the boat built by him and his two colleagues and operated in 1798 at a speed of about three miles an hour. Its speed not… … 109. — Travellers on a Hudson River steamboat. As suggested by the attitude and apparel of the three men in the background, the costumes worn by the other group were becoming obsolete. The object on the bench is a trav¬ eller’s bag called the “carpet-sack.” It was made of carpet, and often showed a…
Transportation -- United States -- History · Frontier and pioneer life -- United States
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