my dad told me about when his dad was about 10(1888) he and his dad left Straight Mt near ST Clair Blount county line near Springville It took them 3 days and sleeping in wagon at night Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M OMelia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Early Time Travel > Early travel in GA during the 1700`s and 1800`s took a lot of time and > several miles between point A and point B. > > Is there anyone privy to old diaries that pointedly describe how many > miles one could make in a day? I realize that as time went by and the > new counties were cut from the old counties it became easier to travel > better and farther. > > But I have not been able to find any defined text that pertained to the > problems of early travel in GA. > > Looking forward to any comments on early travel. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 > >