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“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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Neat story but I think it a little embellished ...so,... he walks 18 miles off road through the bush in the middle of the night at a "a rate of speed the would be envied" and then sees a light and finds several people still up... he then heads back the same 18 miles carrying a saddle... I think he forgot to mention it was 'uphill both ways'.
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Folks were a lot tougher back then! And survivors.
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Town had a comeback, apparently. Still there.
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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Fascinating discriptions of the time, wildlife and Tough people. Thanks
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I took a little virtual 'walkabout' on google maps, this it the terrain today, don't know if it was similar in 1882. This is just outside of town going east - This is a few miles farther east near a forest area -
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Allowed to depart I'll say! Carrying the saddle 18 miles back to camp!
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I took a little virtual 'walkabout' on google maps, this it the terrain today, don't know if it was similar in 1882. There's a state forest just a few miles east of town now, so I'd say it likely had quite a few trees back then as well.
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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I think if I went looking for a saddle... I would have taken the horse with me and rode back!
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An accounting from 18 years earlier.
600 miles at 18 miles per day = 33 days.
They had come around 400 miles when they reached Condamine.
How did they determine how far they had traveled in a day? Estimate based on hours?
I wonder how many acres that ranch covered, how many cattle, how many workers? Long trip for supplies.
Keep digging Rick! Good read.
Last edited by Rick99; 03/22/18.
Savage...never say "never". Rick...
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I'll give him some slack....When I walked 8 miles one day, it seemed like 18....
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Might be a good place to have a Savage Fest. We could retrace his 18 mile route. Anybody got a saddle? Trouble is the town isn't empty now.
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