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trip to Peace River Crossing, likely late spring 1914

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trip to Peace River Crossing, likely late spring 1914

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:14PM GMT
Classification: Biography
Edited: 21 Apr 2014 12:19PM GMT
Surnames: McRae, Munroe
written by Howard McRae, reference p. 6

"In spite of the good rig and strong team, the trip took three days, utilizing 'Stopping Places' along the way for the overnight stops. One can only imagine what these might have been like. My only memory of the trip, and quite fleeting at that, concerned a vast mudhole. In any event, I seem to recall the team having gone into the mudhole and straining to get through it, only to have the front wheels come up against a piece of buried log. This sudden jarring stop threw everybody forward a bit. The horses then took a good hard pull and the front wheels rose up and over the obstruction and with this sudden forward motion throwing all passengers back into their seats again. The rear wheels, being fairly close to the front wheels, then acted as the second stopper and threw everybody forward again. The overall whiplike action of forward, back and forward was quite severe, but the only one who suffered was D. A. Munroe. D.A. was unfortunate in having a stiff or wooden leg ... With his stiff leg, D.A. undoubtedly had some problem sitting in the front seat and probably had to sit at an angle to facilitate, this extension, but in doing so, it put him at a distinct disadvantage in maintaining his security on the seat. The end result was that the whiplike action we were going through cast him out of the democrat and into the mud in rather a vertical leap, but with the misfortune of having his stiff leg holding him immobile. The sight was too much for Mother and she laughed. Such inconsidered manners were too much for D.A. so he left us then and there to catch a ride on a freight waggon somewhere behind."
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