Wagons travel and move between 10 and 20 miles daily. By taking the median figure of 15 miles per day, the calculations settle at 0.6 miles an hour. This will depend on the terrain of the travel route, weather, and other factors. In the past, some train wagons could travel on Sunday, and others could not. The movement to the West was motivated by many reasons. However, in the late 1830s, the most clear-cut one that inspired wagon traveling was the effect of the economic depression. People were moving to find new opportunities.