It is very difficult to generalize about this. The earlier the period, and the
more primitive the roads, the more variable the duration of the trip. And it
would also depend on the purpose of the trip - to observe the landscape
or to deliver a shipment. In early periods, after a rain, roads might
became so bad as to double or triple the passage times.

In general, a person on horseback and a horse-drawn wagon would go
today, on a dirt road, as fast as then, so you might contact a living
history museum and ask them.

Phil Lord
Historical Survey
New York State Museum
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>>> Sue Thompson <[log in to unmask]> 11/19/97 07:14pm >>>
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
Administrative Assistant
Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science
147 Plant Science Building
Cornell University
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