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…the cowboy got out of the carriage with a small square, tied it to the horse and the horse just stood there. What was that object? The cowboy was using a horse tie down, sometimes called a horse tether, hitch stone or tie weight. They were normally made of cast iron and weighed around 20 […]
I was watching an old Western and…. Read More »
If you’ve ever tried Googling for the history of the Meadowbrook Cart you’ve probably found a distinct lack of information. This dearth of information is because Meadowbrooks used to be classified as a Road Cart and/or Long Island Cart. So where did it all start? Gigs, two-wheeled carts that were fast and light, were being
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Q. Many of the names given to automobile types had their origins in the horse-drawn era, but I have never heared of a carriage called a Limousine. Where did this name come from? A. So far as I know, the word limousine did not come into use in the English language before the coming of
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