"It was a time when few men got more than a mile or two from their door, unless following the sea of the fishing, but I was a restless one, moving about and working wherever an extra hand might be needed." (from Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour)
I don't know how true this statement is, but I suspect it is correct in general, if not in specifics. In that day, most poor folks got as far as they could walk. Their world was very small.
In some ways, I think that could be a blessing. I've not found much to desire away from the hills of northwest Arkansas.
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