How fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s? | Carlomaria Grassi

It now only takes two days to get across half
the United states by train, and three to four days to get to the other coast
from New York City.  It's hard to
overstate how big a difference this makes in how people perceive the world.
There's a big difference, both for families and businesses, between spending
two months travelling back and forth across the country vs. less than a week!    How fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s? | MNN - Mother Nature Network