stackyFACTSThe agonizing journey cross-country in a cramped wooden box required constant stops because the draft animals would completely exhaust themselves. The route was intentionally broken into designated segments or 'stages', where fresh animals were hitched up while the bruised passengers desperately tried to recover.
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