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Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
The reason you didn't see horse carriages is due to the fact you needed a person to stay with the cart at all times. It wasn't like an automobile where one could just lock the door. In movies, you see buggys being left unattended on the street all the time but that's not how it was in real life. Also, the price of a buggy in 1860 was $150.00 dollars. Doesn't seem too much but the average labor wage was 10 cents a hour.
I don't buy that about the horses.... in Lancaster, PA it is not unusual to see a horse and buggy tied up for several hours. Many of the larger businesses actually have open sheds where they can be tied up out of the worst of the weather.

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