Water ways are the high way of our fore fathers. A river promises easy travel. No one gives a damn if it is beautiful if you can’t get there. Modern tech is really only in the last 50 years in terms of travel and even that is generous. Rivers allowed for barges of goods and people. That’s why the Oregon Trail was such a significant bit of history. Land is hard to traverse. Water is a cake by comparison. This is why the Mississippi historically was a massive trade and travel route.
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