Cleveland's golden story; a chronicle of hearts that hoped, minds that planned and hands that toiled, to make a city "great and glorious," . cks. Theycarried from five to eight tons of goods. The Conestoga freight wagons were drawn bysix or eight draft horses, with bear-skin coveredcollars. The saddles were embellished with horses were guided by a single rein from theleader to the teamster, who was seated on thelast wheel horse. The great wagons negotiatedroads which today would be considered impass-able. When night found them out on theprairies, the freight drivers camped till sunri
Cleveland's golden story; a chronicle of hearts that hoped, minds that planned and hands that toiled, to make a city "great and glorious," . cks. Theycarried from five to eight tons of goods. The Conestoga freight wagons were drawn bysix or eight draft horses, with bear-skin coveredcollars. The saddles were embellished with horses were guided by a single rein from theleader to the teamster, who was seated on thelast wheel horse. The great wagons negotiatedroads which today would be considered impass-able. When night found them out on theprairies, the freight drivers camped till sunrise. Produce dealers of the time opposed thebuilding of canals, so efficient in their estimationwas the freight wagon system. Let us not be tooscornful of their judgment, for did not HoraceGreeley, the famous editor of the New YorkTribune, write a wrathy editorial opposing theuse of illuminating gas on the theory that itwould burn up New York? The early fathers of the industrial kingdomof northern Ohio were men of initiative andvision. Clevelands Golden Story is a saga of thefruits of their labors. CHAPTER IVGOLDEN EGGS IN MANY BASKETS. CLEVELANDS GOLDEN STORY CHAPTER IVGOLDEN EGGS IN MANY BASKETS
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