AARoads topics in 1864

[GaryV]

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Railroads you have clinched

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And Post Roads you have clinched.

[theroadwayone]

What effects on roads will Reconstruction have?

[mgk920]

What effects on roads will Reconstruction have?

Well, first the Union has to win that war, and right now things aren't lookin' all that great.  I see that John McClellan even plans to make peace with and recognize the C.S.A. should he beat Lincoln in the election in a few weeks, like he is expected to.



Mic'l

[kkt]

What effects on roads will Reconstruction have?

Well, first the Union has to win that war, and right now things aren't lookin' all that great.  I see that John McClellan even plans to make peace with and recognize the C.S.A. should he beat Lincoln in the election in a few weeks, like he is expected to.



Mic'l

By November of 1864, things were looking much better for the Union.  Atlanta had been captured, Petersburg besieged. 

[theroadwayone]

What effects on roads will Reconstruction have?

Well, first the Union has to win that war, and right now things aren't lookin' all that great.  I see that John McClellan even plans to make peace with and recognize the C.S.A. should he beat Lincoln in the election in a few weeks, like he is expected to.


I'm starting to think that I should have rewritten that as "what will happen to the roads after the war."

Mic'l

By November of 1864, things were looking much better for the Union.  Atlanta had been captured, Petersburg besieged.

[sparker]

Construction crew foreman:  "You know, we're trying to build a railroad out here, but we end up building all these damn roads so we can get our wagons and tools out to where the railroad's gonna be -- maybe we should just build a whole bunch of roads first and do the railroads later!"

RR supervisor:  "Are you f---ing kidding me?  No one wants to ride on a goddam mudpath!  Just shut up and take the wagon into town and bring back a half-dozen barrels of Giant Powder!"

[JasonOfORoads]

In the Northwest board: Barlow Road lowers toll to $2.50 per wagon

[ET21]

Mountain West board welcomes Montana territory

[mgk920]

What effects on roads will Reconstruction have?

Well, first the Union has to win that war, and right now things aren't lookin' all that great.  I see that John McClellan even plans to make peace with and recognize the C.S.A. should he beat Lincoln in the election in a few weeks, like he is expected to.



Mic'l

By November of 1864, things were looking much better for the Union.  Atlanta had been captured, Petersburg besieged.

But remember, the polls and early returns were such that Lincoln went to bed on election night fully believing that he had lost.

Mic'l

[jeffandnicole]

Why does the United States want to buy Alaska?  Why would we even want to go there?

[Roadgeekteen]

Why does the United States want to buy Alaska?  Why would we even want to go there?

To give meaning to the pacific northwest board.

[Max Rockatansky]

Why does the United States want to buy Alaska?  Why would we even want to go there?

To give meaning to the pacific northwest board.

They call that Manifest Destiny.  I take you we're part of the "All of Mexico"  brigade.

[theroadwayone]

Why does the United States want to buy Alaska?  Why would we even want to go there?

Son, who has time to worry about such things nowadays? We got a war to fight.

[Roadgeekteen]

fictional highways: Extend Oregon trail up the Alaska coast.

[Scott5114]

Indian Territory interesting contract advertisements (contains a bunch of documents, most of which are in Cherokee)

[Brandon]

Why does the United States want to buy Alaska?  Why would we even want to go there?

To give meaning to the pacific northwest board.

They call that Manifest Destiny.  I take you we're part of the "All of Mexico"  brigade.

FritzOwl definitely is.

[freebrickproductions]

"Will horseless carriages ever replace the horse-and-buggy?"

And then the thread has a bunch of replies about how they won't ever replace the horse-and-buggy.

[Max Rockatansky]

Why does the United States want to buy Alaska?  Why would we even want to go there?

To give meaning to the pacific northwest board.

They call that Manifest Destiny.  I take you we're part of the "All of Mexico"  brigade.

FritzOwl definitely is.

He's been sure chopping at the bit for a Transcontinental Railroad over the Gadsden Purchase.  Taking Cooke's Wagon Route in the summer is folly enough unto itself.