ReadOasis Step 2
(Part 1)
When John Adams was President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson was Vice President, there was not one railroad in all the world.
People did not travel very much. There were no broad, smooth highways as there are now. The roads were crooked and muddy and rough.
If a man needed to go from one city to another, he often rode a horse. Instead of a suitcase for his clothing, he carried a pair of saddlebags. Instead of sitting at his ease in a car, he went bouncing al...