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Originally Posted by Darwin
Wasn't just in the 19th century. My grandmother (only about 4 or 5 years old at the time) immigrated to Idaho in 1904 in a Conestoga wagon. I'll have to dig out my mom's geniology stuff...there might be a photo of the wagon.
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Funny that you wrote that. My grandmother was born in 1897 before she passed away in 2002, I used to remark that when she was born, the mode of transportation back then was the horse and carriage. Heck, we were still fighting the Apaches in the Southwest. She was blessed to have seen the History that changed this nation. From bows and arrows to the first man in space. From steam power, kerosene power, gasoline power Coal power, to Atomic power. Very few can attest to the fact that they were three century babies. My sister has most of those old pictures of the days when women dressed in long dresses and bustles. The buggy was an everyday conveyance. and milk was not homogenized. Heck... Teddy Roosevelt, was still a rough rider!