On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:10:17 -0700, "Charles Spitzer"
wrote:

wagons cut the tracks. lots of them left in what's left of the prairies.

Ayup. Hooves tend to pack the soil between the wheels..the wheels
tended to slice deep.

Gunner, who has seen Pattons tank tracks out in the California desert.
70 yrs after the fact.


"Peter Grey" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I've always wanted to know if in the days before the car, the dirt roads
were "worn in" as they are now - with two separate tracks and no wear in
the center of the road. I would expect that the roads would be more
universally worn what with horses walking in the middle of the road in
between the wheel tracks. Watching some cowboy riding down a road worn
into two separate paths has always made me a little suspicious.

Peter

"Bugs" wrote in message
ups.com...
I always like to look for rubber tire tracks in the long, long trail
awinding in an oater, with a TV antenna off in the background.
Bugs





"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner