Interesting Bits of History
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Interesting Bits of History
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One paragraph quoted from the "Rocky Mountain News" newspaper of April 18, 1860, describing the amazing speed of wind wagons from the Missouri River across the Great Plains to Colorado.
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1945-03
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Related Item
Colorado Magazine
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A Novel Vehicle. Yesterday three men arrived from the States in what we would judge, from the description--we have not seen it--to be a combined wind wagon and hand car. The trip from the Missouri River was made in twenty days, thus equalling [sic] the speed of horse teams, with but a tithe part of the expense.
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Shelf Locator
Periodical
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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