![]() ![]() Bad weather and muddy roads could slow a journey even more. One reason for slow travel was that there were no bridges over large rivers and ferries were not always dependable. Whether by horseback or carriage, travelers could average only 25 to 40 miles a day. I mentioned these river crossings and my travel time from Raleigh to the Albemarle Sound because at the time of the American Revolution and during the first half of the 19th century, the same 130-mile trip took four to six days. Fifteen minutes to the east, on the other side of the bridge spanning the Chowan, was Edenton. In only two hours I stood on the banks of the Chowan River at the west end of the Albemarle Sound. Ninety minutes from Raleigh I arrived in Williamston and drove across the U.S. ![]() Just as the sun was coming up I passed over the Tar River at Princeville. This past week I left my house before sunrise and crossed the Neuse River east of Raleigh on U.S. ![]()
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