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Post by 1dave on Jan 11, 2020 7:57:12 GMT -5
Imagine your families survival depending on what you did or didn't put in the wagon and where you drove it!
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Post by greig on Jan 11, 2020 14:33:58 GMT -5
It took about 5 months to cross the US in a wagon. Imagine the gear required to handle the different weather and geology experienced on such a trip, let alone potential breakdowns, problems/disasters and issues from people and animals (including the trust in your own horses or ox).
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Jan 11, 2020 14:49:26 GMT -5
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Post by knave on Jan 11, 2020 14:49:26 GMT -5
....and the wagon sorta needed to be amphibious...
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Post by RocksInNJ on Jan 11, 2020 17:02:49 GMT -5
It took about 5 months to cross the US in a wagon. Imagine the gear required to handle the different weather and geology experienced on such a trip, let alone potential breakdowns, problems/disasters and issues from people and animals (including the trust in your own horses or ox). Not to mention Indians. You’d think they would’ve made that top arrow proof at least.
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Post by aDave on Jan 11, 2020 17:58:37 GMT -5
Imagine your families survival depending on what you did or didn't put in the wagon and where you drove it! Isn't this the truth, especially as it related to the Donner Party. I don't necessarily consider Wikipedia to be authoritative source, but the article about their journey is very interesting. It's long, but it has lots detail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 11, 2020 18:19:35 GMT -5
Imagine your families survival depending on what you did or didn't put in the wagon and where you drove it! Isn't this the truth, especially as it related to the Donner Party. I don't necessarily consider Wikipedia to be authoritative source, but the article about their journey is very interesting. It's long, but it has lots detail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party I saw a show abt the Donner Party on PBS. Oh. My. God. The story is incredible and I do mean hard to believe. Can't make that stuff up. The hubris of some of the people and the rip off artists. The terrible planning. Man, it was doomed from the git go.
At the very end they were talking abt a guy who survived. He not only ate people, but he said he enjoyed it. He was pretty crazy and .... he ran a restaurant.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 11, 2020 18:21:50 GMT -5
My dad's people came by ship to Philly and headed east to Nebraska. He was sent to minister to the German speakers on the plain. Probably half the way was by wagon. They ended up in CA.
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Post by knave on Jan 11, 2020 18:51:58 GMT -5
Hooo boy,, that reminds me about that cannibal who passed his brother in the woods.....
Would not be fun to find out about his habits after eating at his restaurant!
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Win
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Post by Win on Jan 12, 2020 13:25:30 GMT -5
A good read is "The Oregon Trail" by Rinker Buck, a modern day crossing in a wagon. Because it's current you get a really good idea of how hard the pioneers had it. No Indians but some interesting people.
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Post by parfive on Jan 12, 2020 20:53:12 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Jan 12, 2020 21:09:27 GMT -5
heck after reading what some people eat over the decades human flesh would be an upgrade m stly
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Post by knave on Jan 12, 2020 21:14:51 GMT -5
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Jan 12, 2020 21:15:30 GMT -5
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Post by knave on Jan 12, 2020 21:15:30 GMT -5
A good read is "The Oregon Trail" by Rinker Buck, a modern day crossing in a wagon. Because it's current you get a really good idea of how hard the pioneers had it. No Indians but some interesting people. Ordered
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 13, 2020 5:46:35 GMT -5
Don't you think that deserved it's own thread?
While doing some hands on genealogy work on old letters, I found one where a slave was was bequeathed to one of my ancestors. She was immediately granted her freedom. (In the most eloquent writing, as the letters so often were.) This family was vehemently against slavery. I thought that I should report this to someone as it may have helped another family with their research. Sadly, all I knew was the ancestor's name, nothing about the relative or the slave/person or the slave's/person's name. All I know is it was a relative of theirs from "Down South".
Yeah, York got screwed. 100's of years later and I still feel bad for him. Clark could have, at least, bought his wife for him. WTF?
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