Thursday, March 06, 2025

Measuring distance in the old west

 "The following day, we put sixteen miles behind us." This excerpt is taken from Lonely On the Mountain, by Louis L'Amour.

    I do not particularly doubt the estimates of mileage that you find in L'Amour's writings, and others. What I am curious about (genuinely) is how they were able to make estimates of the distance with any degree of accuracy.

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