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Early Travel in Missouri

Early Travel in Missouri. Objectives. Students will be able to identify and describe the different types of transportation available in early Missouri. Students will be able to explain the impact of each type of transportation and its effect on the people of Missouri.

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Early Travel in Missouri

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  1. Early Travel in Missouri

  2. Objectives • Students will be able to identify and describe the different types of transportation available in early Missouri. • Students will be able to explain the impact of each type of transportation and its effect on the people of Missouri.

  3. We are going to learn about three different types of travel in early Missouri. We will be looking at some of the first photographs taken of what travel looked like in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s across the United States. Look carefully at these photographs for clues about what travel and life were like during this time.

  4. River Travel • Faster than overland • Conditions sometimes forced travelers to delay or cancel their trip • During winter, frozen rivers and ice jams made travel difficult • During spring, floods caused river travel to become to risky • Snags, logs, and swift currents were always a danger

  5. Pontoon Bridge, 1863 http://memory.loc.gov

  6. Pontoons on Carriages http://memory.loc.gov

  7. Boat on the Appomattox River, Virginia Between 1861-1869 http://memory.loc.gov

  8. US Gunboat of the Mississippi River Fleet 1860’s http://memory.loc.gov

  9. Early Roads • Dirt roads • Usually connected a settlement to a nearby river • Rough and would become muddy after heavy rains • “Road Bees” • Group of neighbors coming together to work on roads • Every man living with in the area was expected to work on the roads • Plank roads • Wooden planks placed lengthwise over the dirt roads • Stayed smooth until rains came and caused planks to warp and rot and become unusable

  10. May 24, 1964, Party of the 50th New York Engineers building a road on the south bank of the North Anna River http://memory.loc.gov

  11. Plank Road http://memory.loc.gov

  12. Covered wagons moving on road toward pier and harbor in background. June or July 1864 http://memory.loc.gov

  13. The first Federal wagon train entering the town . Petersburg, Virginia April 1865 http://memory.loc.gov

  14. Railroad • Tracks could be laid anywhere • Provided transportation for areas where no river existed • Operated in most kinds of weather • Faster and more comfortable for passengers

  15. Railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Georgia November1864 http://memory.loc.gov

  16. Railroad yard and depot with locomotives; the Capitol in distance. Nashville, Tenn. 1865 http://memory.loc.gov

  17. Hanover Junction Railroad Station, Pennsylvania 1863 http://memory.loc.gov

  18. How do we transport people and goods across Missouri today?

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