Comments on: Presidential Rankings http://progressconservative.com/2009/02/24/presidential-rankings/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike http://progressconservative.com/2009/02/24/presidential-rankings/#comment-1319 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:38:09 +0000 http://thebigstick.wordpress.com/?p=2185#comment-1319 A ‘traveling room’ was indeed like a guest room. It was common in those days for people passing through to request a room for the night. Some homes, usually in the South, would have a room they called a ‘traveling room’ which were almost always located on the ground floor and would have no doors that lead to the interior of the house. Think of a bedroom in your home that had only one door and that lead directly outside. This way strangers could not access the interior of the house and run away with your good china. Research shows these room existed but they were few and far between. Usually there was either some kind of detached guest house or travelers would just sleep in a barn or something.

The room in the home I worked at was probably just the master bedroom. People got duped because it had it’s own staircase that went directly to the kitchen. We think that was just a ‘perk’ to being the ‘masters’ of the house.

]]> By: thoughtcounts Z http://progressconservative.com/2009/02/24/presidential-rankings/#comment-1318 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:14:54 +0000 http://thebigstick.wordpress.com/?p=2185#comment-1318 Very insightful comments.

I’ve got to admit I’m clueless but really want to know — what was that room really for? (Also, is a “traveling room” like a guest room?)

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