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Travel — 1840 Style

Photo of Travel--1840 Style Newspaper PageHow would you travel from Detroit to Chicago today? Would you stop along the way? This Michigan’s Time Traveler takes you back to the 1840s when your trip would have been by wagon, horse, foot or stage coach. It would take about five to six days, so you would have to stop along the way at places like Walker Tavern.

Click on a topic on the left to find out how you would have traveled during the 1840s, Michigan's early statehood days.


"Travel—1840 Style" originally appeared in the Lansing State Journal on September 12, 2001, as part of the Lansing Newspapers In Education (NIE) program.


 

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