Often, people would walk beside their wagon and walkers generally travel
at 2-3 miles per hour. On horseback (or on a wagon) it would, of course,
depend on how fast the rider wanted to go, but as a top end perhaps
looking at the pony express would give you a realistic top end. I believe
they averaged about 15 miles per hour. Encyclopedias will tell you that a
horses top speed is in the 20-30 mph range.

On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Sue Thompson wrote:

> looking for information on how long it would take for a horse and wagon to
> go one mile; for a horse/rider to go one mile.  I am trying to get a feel
> for what it would of been like to live in 1898.  thanks.
>
> Susan D. Thompson
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