William Swain Blue 11-10-13
Ride and Tie In Colonial New Hampshire
The picture given to me was titled “ride and tie” there was no information on the topic on the internet, although I do know it had to do with colonial transportation. While researching this topic I found the following information.
- How colonial settlers traveled
- What types of animals they traded for use of transportation
- What items they traded that were used for transportation
Colonial settlers traveled by walking, riding on ox carts, by boat and horseback. Riding by ox carts was the most common and efficient mode of transportation. This allowed for transporting materials from one location to another in larger volume then the settlers would have been able to via other methods such as horseback.
Ox cart travel was faster than walking and allowed for the covering of the wagon to keep goods and people out of the hot sun or inclement weather as they traveled. Ox cart had four wheels and was pulled by one or more oxen depending upon the weight of goods being moved.
Horseback riding was also common by the settlers for quick transportation without needing to move goods and for solo or two person travel only. Horses could be hitched on posts outside most public buildings.
Boats were used primarily to goods, animals from one settlement to another. This mode of transportation was used only by towns near rivers or lakes.
The settlers traded animals for travel such as cattle, ox, and buffalo. People would also trade items like parts of wagons and boats with each other for travel.
Colonial New Hampshire
New Hampshire derives its name from Hampshire country England. It was named this in the year 1622 after captain mason, Sir Ferdinand Gorges, and others had obtained from the council of play mouth. In 1642 the settlers of New Hampsire formed a coalition with Massachusetts that they enjoyed for nearly forty years.The first house was built in Portsmouth.
In 1680 the territory was seperated from the Colony by order of the King of England. The heirs of Mason sold the land of New Hampshire to a man named Samual Allen in 1691.
Approximately 4,000 people lived in New Hampshire in 1600-1700.
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I didnt know a lot about Ox carts or New Hampshire so reading this essay gave me a lot of information. I like the way it was organized and how you used bullet points to show what was going to be in your essay. my favorite part about reading this essay is that the essay included the dates which is great when supporting details.
Great Project will, you may have not found any info for your project ” ride and tie ” is you made do with what you had and still made a good project! The same problem happened to me but just like you I still finished the project with little to not much info about my picture, Great job!
Early American roads were merely Indian paths, only passable on foot or horseback. Horses were scarce in colonial America, so an ingenious system of sharing a horse was devised based on “ride and tie.” One man started out on the horse while the other began walking. After a set distance, the rider would dismount and tie the horse to a secure object. When the other man had walked to the tied horse he mounted and rode past the original rider to the next tying point. In this fashion, each man got to ride part way and the horse even got some rest!
I got this fact from- http://imh.org/index.php/legacy-of-the-horse-full-story/return-to-the-new-world/colonial-horses
will i liked how you gave us very interesting facts on New Hampshire and how you gave us a range on how many people lived there.
I thought that this was an interesting topic. I learned that people traveled by oxen, which i thought was cool, considering I thought they traveled only by foot, horse, and boat. I also did not know that around 4,000 people lived in the colony of New Hampshire between the years of 1600 and 1700.