AARoads topics in 1864

[Brandon]

"Oregon Trail Road Meet"

Reply # 5: I cannot make it, due to the fact that I have died of dysentery.

[Takumi]

^ Surprised that wasn't in the original post.

[adventurernumber1]

"Oregon Trail Road Meet"

Reply # 5: I cannot make it, due to the fact that I have died of dysentery.

^ Surprised that wasn't in the original post.

What's interesting is that when I was typing my post, I was actually genuinely thinking about adding another theoretical reply regarding a fatal or generally debilitating health problem that was extremely common back then, but for whatever reason I decided not to. 

[GaryV]

How much will the Burning of Atlanta contribute to global warming?  And did the rising sea levels make Sherman's March a wee bit shorter?

Now that Vicksburg is in Federal hands, can we finally decide on the I-69 Mississippi crossing?

If Gettysburg had fallen, would there ever have been a Breezewood or I-99?

[hotdogPi]

How much will the Burning of Atlanta contribute to global warming?  And did the rising sea levels make Sherman's March a wee bit shorter?

Global warming wasn't even a concept in 1864.

[jeffandnicole]

How much will the Burning of Atlanta contribute to global warming?  And did the rising sea levels make Sherman's March a wee bit shorter?

Global warming wasn't even a concept in 1864.

Sure it was. It was on thee olde Internet so thy must be truest.

[Max Rockatansky]

The railroad would have used a tunnel below the parts with a 24% grade.

Ebbetts has way worse terrain than Donner Pass which is why I assume it was chosen eventually for the Transcontinental Railroad.  The drop from Pacific Grade and Ebbetts is absolutely huge and I don't know if anything other than a ton of switch backs could have gotten down it, there is way too much rock to tunnel through.  Even Donner Pass needed substantial tunneling to get a good smooth grade for the trains, the wagons generally just hoisted up the slope until a road was built alongside the rail grade. 

Ever had a cattle drive interrupt your clinch?

The funny thing is that I was on CA 4 heading over Ebbetts Pass to finish my clinch of the route last year.  When I was approaching Pacific Grade Summit there was an actual cattle drive blocking the road.  I got lucky and only had to wait 20 minutes for the herd to pass but it must have sucked for the westbound traffic that has to sit behind it for hours on end on a one-lane highway.  Suffice to say that would have been infinitely more common back in 1864. 

Passing a cattle drive on a one-lane road is indeed a nervous affair.  I've only ever had to do so one time, but the road was muddy and I was in a '95 Toyota Corolla.  Fortunately the gentleman driving the cattle had room down in the ditch for his four-wheeler and most of the cattle to fit, but I still had to ride the soft edge of the mud/dirt.

I got lucky and had a campground to back into.  I tried to get up the pass before the cattle drives started but apparently the drivers were thinking they better get them moving before the cars showed up.

[US71]

I got lucky and had a campground to back into.  I tried to get up the pass before the cattle drives started but apparently the drivers were thinking they better get them moving before the cars showed up.

Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'

[jp the roadgeek]

Shunpiking Mohegan Road and Derby Turnpike

Replacing the Farmington Canal

Underground Railroad houses you have visited

Railroads you have clinched

Is Roper's horseless carriage the wave of the future?

Does McClellan have any chance to unseat Lincoln?

Is there a better way to organize Connecticut's Turnpike system?

[Takumi]

How much will the Burning of Atlanta contribute to global warming?  And did the rising sea levels make Sherman's March a wee bit shorter?

Global warming wasn't even a concept in 1864.

Sure it was. It was on thee olde Internet so thy must be truest.

[Roadgeekteen]

What side are you on the civil war? Goes on for a while and then gets locked. The banning of multiple members makes them start csaroads.

[US71]

What side are you on the civil war? Goes on for a while and then gets locked. The banning of multiple members makes them start csaroads.

I'm with Cap!

[Roadgeekteen]

What side are you on the civil war? Goes on for a while and then gets locked. The banning of multiple members makes them start csaroads.

I'm with Cap!

I don't know the movie. What does this mean?

[formulanone]

How much should we pay for Russia for Alaska?

[US71]

How much should we pay for Russia for Alaska?

I hear Seward is negotiating a price

[US 89]

How should we number the wagon trail system?

[Bickendan]

54 40 or fight! How far north does Oregon truly go?

[Max Rockatansky]

How should we number the wagon trail system?

Considering most of them are tolled, you don't.  You just name them after the dude who owns them and call it a day. 

[dgolub]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything yet about West Virginia splitting off from Virginia.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I was about to say one about the creation of West Virginia, but it formed the previous year. D'oh.

Edit: Nevada admitted to the Union.

[Max Rockatansky]

I was about to say one about the creation of West Virginia, but it formed the previous year. D'oh.

Edit: Nevada admitted to the Union.

I bet the folks in Aurora sure are concerned about what surveys of the state line might find. 

[inkyatari]

The Angled Ft. Dearborn Carriageway: Gateway to the Northwest Territories

[Roadgeekteen]

What is the furthest you have ridden in one day?
First post: 20 miles

[kurumi]

How much should we pay for Russia for Alaska?

I hear Seward is negotiating a price

'Tis folly, I say!

[kkt]

What is the furthest you have ridden in one day?
First post: 20 miles

Do we count clipper ships?