Hi Gail- You are right- I misread the scale on my map. It is not 10, closer to 45-50. The Strassburg road runs very straight. It is only after Willow street that you have to wind around. I can drive from Pottstown PA to Coatesville in 40 minutes. From there it is less than half an hour to Lancaster or Willow street. A horse can make 4 mph at a walk, 7-12 at a trot. Those Amish buggy horses probably trot about 15 mph, but that is on good roads.But they are standardbred race horses. A decent horse can go cross country 25 miles in 2 1/2 hours, but not through deep mud. A horse can trot aerobically- that is keep it up for hours, if the footing is good and it isn't hilly. In those days they had a lot of lateral gaited horses- more comfortable to ride than trotters, but I don't know their speed. Probably about 7 mph also. With bad roads, they could probably make 7 mph if they trotted wherever they could. If they were leading pack horses or driving a heavy wagon over ruts, or riding pillion, they probably wouldn't go more than 3mph average. It would take a good half a day for the trip. On good roads, a decent buggy horse can easily do 40 miles. I have read accounts of travelling through Berks Co. about 1900 with a opne horse buggy and making that kind of distance, staying at country inns at night. But back in 1809, they didn't have the roads. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Gail Steckel [SMTP:gailstec@pa.net] Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 12:42 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Distance between townships That's about an hour trip by car. I have family in the Nantmeal area and I used to live near Conestoga so I can tell you the trip takes about an hour and is approx. 45-55 miles. I imagine it would be an all-day journey by horse. -----Original Message----- From: carolmcolvin@juno.com <carolmcolvin@juno.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Distance between townships >Since someone brought up Conestoga, I thought I'd ask another question >about distance: How far is Conestoga (as the horse walks) from >Brandywine Township in Chester County? I have ancestors who married in >1806. The bride, Mary Anna Ross THOMPSON, claimed to be from Brandywine, >and her bridegroom, John Bowsman SMITH, from Conestoga. The census for >1790 and 1810, plus some wills dated 1805 and 1806, shows that the >THOMPSON family lived in West Nantmeal. How far are those two places >from each other? > >Also, what are ADC maps? How do I get some? > >Carol Colvin >Puyallup WA >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > > ______________________________