taabru45
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....with the smallest 'footprint' in town :lol: Its amazing to look at this and realize that this is how the country ways opened up... Steffan
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silverfox103
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No doubt it was rough in the early days of yesteryear. Probably the life expectancy was about 35.
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West R Lee
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The last time I was in Vicksburg, Miss., as we drove the battlegound and could see all of the state contingent's monuments there, I mentioned to my wife....."Can you imagine having ridden a horse all the way across the country, through rivers and hills, through all kinds of weather for weeks and months, to have come here to fight....and maybe die?" Heck, the Union Navy actually hand dug miles of canal through the swamp there to try and bypass the bluffs where the Confederate cannons were stationed overlooking and defending the river.
Or how about crossing oceans in hand made wooded boats?
West
Or how about crossing oceans in hand made wooded boats?West
taabru45
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If it weren't for the beavers, we might not have even had the oceans..... :roll: ....Seriously, most of the opening up of the world has only been in the last couple of hundred years....I hate to admit it but I remember making a phone call from a phone booth, when I was a little kid.....and it cost a nickle.....!...and I'm not sure I had even seen a television yet....
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OK Steff, I give up.
What was the impetus for this train of thought? :?: :?
Curious (as always) Joe
What was the impetus for this train of thought? :?: :?
Curious (as always) Joe
West R Lee
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killdeer43 said:
He saw the story about the Upshur County freeway on the ABC Nightly News.....copied the photo right off the story. You'd think he'd be more origional.......sheesh!
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Now I'm really confused, but thanks. :|
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taabru45
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I just saw that photo, and started thinking about it...my stepmom is 100 and a half, dated my father in a horse drawn buggy, and I've just spent the last 3 days trying to learn to fully operate my new android phone...guess I'm feeling like a link between 2 worlds :? Steffan
p.s. West I did see the picture on the web but in a totally different context...
p.s. West I did see the picture on the web but in a totally different context...
Hi AJ: about a half-mile below Shepherdstown WV is the ford on the Potomac River the Confederate army used retreating from the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg).AlohaJoe said:
In the fall when the water is only ankle-high, you can hear the wagons clanking across the stony bottom ... no need for Professor Peadbody's wayback machine.
Went to my first Civil War battle reenactment this past year at the Battle of Sacramento (Ky.). This was Nathan Bedford Forests first military engagement (of course he whipped those Yanks!) and it showed early his military daring and genius. He went on to become probably the greatest cavalry commander of the war. My neighbor had been a calvary partipant in most all the major reenactments across the country for years but retired this year. He acted mainly in the Blue as he's from n.Indiana but was in the Gray for this battle. The reenactors put on a great show with many cannons booming the whole time and a visit by Robt. E. Lee! Unfortunately I was told, there were no cannons at the real battle nor was Bobby Lee :wink: Still, one couldn't help but wonder the hardships those souls endured.