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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 298736, member: 5066"]Yep, is. Hard to understand today how things were just a couple hundred years ago, that's for sure. Anything metal, including iron was like gold, difficult to get and very expensive.</p><p>The roads in america during the 18th century were HORRIBLE! which is why we had very good mail delivery (a single rider on horseback carrying paper) but for anything heavy that needed a wagon? A NIGHTMARE! which required meticulous planning more akin to a major expedition, which is what it was back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 298736, member: 5066"]Yep, is. Hard to understand today how things were just a couple hundred years ago, that's for sure. Anything metal, including iron was like gold, difficult to get and very expensive. The roads in america during the 18th century were HORRIBLE! which is why we had very good mail delivery (a single rider on horseback carrying paper) but for anything heavy that needed a wagon? A NIGHTMARE! which required meticulous planning more akin to a major expedition, which is what it was back then.[/QUOTE]
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