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It wasn't that long ago that our main form of transportation came from ACTUAL horse power, and sometimes mule or donkey. We forget it sometimes, today, but they have helped us reach our goals for thousands of years before we started relying on metal boxes with oil for blood. Let's take a little look at these rare photos from a recent past, and remember the help they gave us, and the kind of world this used to look like. |
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