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George Washington
The Revolutionary War. On May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and 83 “Green Mountain Boys” surprised the sleeping British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga and took the fort called the Key to a Continent without firing a shot. This was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War. The Conestoga wagon has a curving roof of wooden hoops on which a white canvas cover is stretched for protection against sun or rain. -
Third President Thomas Jefferson
Dirt roads had been built in parts of the nation. The use of river steamboats increased. Boats also traveled along man-made canals which strengthened local economies. -
Lewis and Clark
After linking up with Clark, the expedition left Clarksville (Indiana Territory) on 26 October 1803 with the keelboat and two smaller, flat-bottom boats (called by their French name pirogue). Follow in footsteps that helped shape American history and blazed trails that opened the gateway to the West. Explore the scenic frontier routes traveled by Lewis and Clark through North Dakota on your own journey to discover Native American arts, crafts and culture. -
Abraham Lincoln & Civil War
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks. It is also commonly referred to as train transport. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. -
Ford Model T marketed
On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company’s Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars. -
Titanic sinks; WWI
Ships were the common way to travel across the ocean. The most popular ship of 1912, was the Titanic. Many of the aristocrats were using it to return home from their travels abroad in Europe. Transhipping supplies at a railhead from standard gauge trains to lorries for transport to a forward refilling point. Q 10450. -
WWI
Railroads were used to transport thing to the base and, put it in a gauge trains to go to refilling point. They also had a ambulance for saving people. -
Great Depression
Twenty-five percent of people during the great depression use bicycles. Other people hitchhiked or used ships or cars. -
1950´s
1950 Oldsmobile 88 Futuramic Club. This affected travel because there was a new car and the economy goes up. It also goes faster then the ford cars. -
1960´s
1960s, before flight became cheap with the rise of the jumbo jet—we imagine a colorful, lavish era in which our every comfort and requirement is catered to. Gone are the inconveniences and annoyances of modern travel: the cramped seats, the dismissive stewardesses, the long security lines, and so on. Instead, we think of a vintage airline brochure come to life. -
1970
Vintage Travel Trailer Restoration 1970 Holiday Rambler was a trailer that you can go camping easier. -
1980
South Wales Transport Buses in Haverfodwest. October 1980.
South Wales Transport operated in western part of South Wales. They were based in Swansea. A Willowbrook body built in 1963. -
1990
In the 1990´s were popular because they were different.
