Car vs Horse

Started by W. Gray, October 23, 2015, 07:29:26 AM

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W. Gray

October 23, 2015, 07:29:26 AM
March 5, 1908:

An Army automobile carrying a message from New York City to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, arrived after 18 days. The Leavenworth Automobile Club escorted the car to the fort.

Fort Leavenworth is 1,228 miles from New York City. The auto averaged a little over 68 miles per day.

Almost fifty years earlier......

April 3, 1860:

The Pony Express ran from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, taking ten days to cover 1,900 miles, or 190 miles per day.
"If one of the many corrupt...county-seat contests must be taken by way of illustration, the choice of Howard County, Kansas, is ideal." Dr. Everett Dick, The Sod-House Frontier, 1854-1890.
"One of the most expensive county-seat wars in terms of time and money lost..." Dr. Homer E Socolofsky, KSU
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