Plots of 108 m2 (six rows of 20 m) allowed adequate runs for ox-drawn weeding operations.
The house was moved my splitting it into two and rolled on ox-drawn logs from its original site three blocks away.
Up until that time the main form of transport in the interior was ox-drawn wagon.
By 1830, 105 mills were put in place, half of which were still ox-drawn.
They then bought their provisions, and began their trip on ox-drawn wagons.
Most of the migrants traveled in ox-drawn wagons, hence the group's name.
The expedition included 21 ox-drawn wagons carrying merchandise estimated to be worth about $200,000.
Up until that time the railway had been operated using ox-drawn wagons.