Re: (erielack) Walking as the mode of transport

[William Shultz <wshultz1_@_twcny.rr.com>]

Well almost no choice, he could have ridden a horse, donkey or mule had 
he had one available. Was there maybe more to the story about why he had 
to walk? Like to survey work he was doing? In the 1820's riding horses 
wasn't new technology, just ask Ghengis Kahn.

FYI Jay Gould also did a lot of walking from Roxbury, NY to and 
including the Albany area. Early in his career he was a surveyor and 
cartographer.

Will

Schuyler Larrabee wrote:
> Randy observed: 
>> To the contrary, Will, before the advent of the railroad, 
>> freight went by cart or wagon and people walked. 
> 
> Read the bio of John B Jervis.  He walked from Oswego to Albany while working on the Erie Canal.
> Harrowing story about making the decision to walk through a wooded area as it was getting dark, an
> area where it was known that there was a bear.  JBJ encountered said bear.  JBJ won the footrace,
> and lived to tell the tale.
> 
> But the point is that JBJ indeed did walk, probably thousands of miles in his life.  He had no
> choice.
> 
> SGL
> 

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