travel cost/time – Ancient Finances

Indicator of coast-to-coast travel cost and wages for school teacher in San Diego back in 1865

Posted on April 24, 2019

Docent at the School House Museum in the Old Town San Diego State Historical Park explained the people of San Diego hired a professionally trained primary school teacher in 1865. Mary Chase Walker had challenges finding a good position in Massachusetts, so she sailed to San Francisco. When the anticipated job there did not materialize, she […]

U.S. Civil War

Travel times during mid 1800s.

Posted on July 20, 2018January 19, 2019

Here are a few data points from the Civil War era for travel times and logistics as mentioned in William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life by James Lee McDonough. Previous post mentioned some data points for compensation of senior army generals and housing costs. Travel times In 1836, when Sherman started […]

Roman Empire

Travel time and cost in the Roman Empire

Posted on June 1, 2017June 19, 2017

Stanford has an awesome site that shows time and cost to travel in the Roman Empire. You can find it at ORBIS – The Stanford Geosptial Network Model of the Roman World If you’ve read my blogs for a while, you know I am a member of the Protestant tradition of the Christian faith community. As […]

Ancient Finances

Exploring finances in times of the Viking Age, Roman Empire, and Alexander the Great.

Tag: travel cost/time

Indicator of coast-to-coast travel cost and wages for school teacher in San Diego back in 1865

Travel times during mid 1800s.

Travel time and cost in the Roman Empire