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Brewster & Company was an American custom carriage and motorcar coachbuilder.James Brewster established the company in 1810 which operated for approximately 130 years. Brewster got its start in New Haven, Connecticut, and quickly gained a reputation for producing the best carriages in the cou
"The Potter House" by George N. Barnard published as plate 38 in his 1866 photograph album Views of Sherman's Campaign (MET_1970.525). The Ponder brothers were four siblings, William G. Ponder, Ephraim G. Ponder, James Ponder, and John G. Ponder, who worked as interstate slave traders in the United States prior to the American Civil War, trafficking people between Maryland, Virginia, Georgia ...
Six members accepted Brewster's revelation to move to California. In 1850, Brewster declared that there was a land called "Bashan" in the Rio Grande Valley that God had selected as the new gathering place for the church. In 1851, Brewster and Goodale led a wagon train of followers to find Bashan, while Aldrich—who had begun to doubt Brewster ...
Hard Scrabble was a predominantly black neighborhood in northwestern Providence in the early 19th century. Away from the town center, its inexpensive rents attracted working class free blacks, poor people of all races and marginalized businesses such as saloons and houses of prostitution. It was perceived by many white neighbors as a blight the ...
In the Wagon Box Fight, a small party of U.S. Army soldiers and civilians near Fort Phil Kearny, well-armed and encircled by a wall of wagon boxes, manages to hold off hundreds of Lakota warriors led by Red Cloud and Crazy Horse. [125] Aug 7
It is probable that the race took place on August 28, 1830, [7] [8] [9] although other sources report dates of August 25 [10] and September 28. [11] The challenge accepted, Tom Thumb was easily able to pull away from the horse until the belt slipped off the blower pulley. Without the blower, the boiler did not draw adequately and the locomotive ...
Clement Studebaker (March 12, 1831 – November 27, 1901) was an American wagon and carriage manufacturer. With his brother Henry, he co-founded the H & C Studebaker Company, precursor of the Studebaker Corporation, which built Pennsylvania-German Conestoga wagons [1] and carriages during his lifetime, and automobiles after his death, in South Bend, Indiana.
Steam-powered showman's engine from England. The history of steam road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road use, such as the steam car and steam waggon, or for agricultural or heavy haulage work, such as the traction engine.