I've run across this tidbit in several locations while working on 19th Century Carriages & Wagons, A Writer's Resource that Kentucky was known for it's Wagon Roads. In fact, some have gone so far as to say they are the best roads in the country.
I remember seeing pictures of old Kentucky roads while researching for my novel Raining Fire. It was set in 1833. The pictures were in a History of Knox County. I also traveled up to the Cumberland Gap area and some remnants of the original road to pass through the Gap with the help of a Park Ranger.
All of that is to say, roads were very important to the overall design and type of carriages and wagons used in an area. If you are using a fancy carriage in an area where the roads are bad, be prepared to give your characters some grief. Of course as writer's isn't that what we need to do?
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