| [GMCnet] 40 Miles to Safford, so GMC content.. [message #110472] |
Sat, 01 January 2011 08:50  |
Gary Cottingame
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You got me thinking there about the 40 miles. So I [with nothing else to do this 25 degree north Texas motning] decied to look into it. By a Yahoo search of "why are towns 40 miles apart in Arizona, this is the best I came up with.
Consider the fact that that those roads in the 1800's were stagecoack routes and the best terrain for a team of horses and the endurance of a days "run" for that team of horses. It was determined that after about 40 miles [8 to 12 hours] the horses would be worn out. So the stagecoach outposts were built about 40 miles apart to change teams of horses. Therefore the old saying "about a days ride from here." So around the turn of the last century when the began building roads for automobiles, it stands to reason that the best routes (in their minds) were already out by the "stagecoach owners", and thus we have the 40 mile distane between Benson and Stafford.
Go to this website and scroll down about 1/3 way for a post by *the GORB* and you'll find stagecoach maps for AZ, NM, & TX.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=140613
Be glad your in Teri's VIB orn your GMC and not on horseback.
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Gary
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Denison, Tx
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