![My father and mother in 1817 were forty-nine days on the road with their emigrant wagons [from Vermont] to Ohio. More than two days for each hour that I spent in the same journey.](/assets/img/quote-photos/my-father-and-mother-in-1817-were-forty-nine-days-on-the-road-with-their-emigrant.jpg)
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