tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post6591445575714465877..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): How covered wagons traversed the RockiesMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-70359325474526809432012-02-16T11:09:26.678-06:002012-02-16T11:09:26.678-06:00There were no roads back then. The mountains were...There were no roads back then. The mountains were nearly unused by anyone, trails were few and far between, and many times, they were wrecked by falling rocks. On top of that, the trails were muddy and rutted in. Plus, many times, they were on the trails, through those passes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-89984724666068471922011-10-31T13:08:11.276-05:002011-10-31T13:08:11.276-05:00I have driven through the Rockies many times. Eac...I have driven through the Rockies many times. Each time I look back to the West, to the row after row of precipitous mountain ranges, and ponder how my ancestors managed to get their kids to walk all that way, and over those mountains. After the first month of, "Are we there yet?", I'd probably have strangled them.<br /><br />Actually, if I were faced with trying to get a wagon over one of those mountains, I'd ask Kit Carson to found a route around -- quick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47099051531555055562011-10-31T11:57:40.491-05:002011-10-31T11:57:40.491-05:00@WilliamRocket
ROFL@WilliamRocket<br /><br />ROFLfujiyamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972457890360990300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78714838195700341102011-10-30T12:38:01.786-05:002011-10-30T12:38:01.786-05:00The log roller would reduce the friction considera...The log roller would reduce the friction considerable, sort of like a sheave in a pulley, although it would be more akin to a "Dead-eye" than a modern pulley.<br />Amazing the effort they went to, did they leave the chains there for the next group? <br />Up here enterprising individuals would set up equipment to ease the passage at choke points like this, of course it would cost the user a fair bit. Most people who got rich in the gold fields were the ones supplying equipment and services to the miners.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092435306756269948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17727430904795185532011-10-29T16:43:13.470-05:002011-10-29T16:43:13.470-05:00I dont understand, why didn't they just use th...I dont understand, why didn't they just use the roads, its like trying to reinvent the wheelWilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55647111980057495512011-10-29T07:25:05.045-05:002011-10-29T07:25:05.045-05:00Denver came to be because of the gold in Cherry Cr...Denver came to be because of the gold in Cherry CreekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-12854356302684871002011-10-28T19:45:35.871-05:002011-10-28T19:45:35.871-05:00You've really got to want to get somewhere to ...You've really got to want to get somewhere to go through all of that. Which is how Denver came to be.Cheryllynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59978903166923003932011-10-28T17:26:55.538-05:002011-10-28T17:26:55.538-05:00In the recent movie Meek's Cutoff, there is a ...In the recent movie Meek's Cutoff, there is a scene were they are lowering three wagons down a steep hill, one at a time. Let me just say those wagons are pretty brittle.pipernoreply@blogger.com