Mules were faster. For example, in eighteen fifty-seven a stagecoach pulled by six mules took twenty to twenty-five days to travel from Independence,Missouri,to Santa Fe.
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Speaking at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, McCain urged his fellow lawmakers to follow that example when they considered the economic rescue bill.
They set out in late April or early May from Independence, Missouri, with the daunting goal of crossing the mountains and reaching their new home before the first snows closed the pass.