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Galloping across the USA
Horses in American Life
Transportation
in America {
Galloping across the USA
Horses in American Life
Martin W. Sandier
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
OXPORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
This book is dedicated to the staff of the Osterville,
Massachusetts Public Library in appreciation of all the
help they have given me, and to librarians across the
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Acknowledgments
I wish to thank Carol Sandier for all the help and
encouragement she has given me. Thanks are also due
to Steve Wilson for his valuable suggestions and to
Alexis Siroc for the appealing design of the book. Finally,
I am grateful for having Karen Fein as my editor. Her
editing skills are but part of the many contributions she
has made to both this book and the series.
Copyright © 2003 by Martin W. Sandier
Design by Alexis Siroc
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Picture Credits
Butler Institute of American Art: 24; City of Boston
Mounted Police Unit: 57; Gilcrease Institute: 7; Kansas
State Historical Society: 23; Library of Congress: 8, 11,
14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 38, 41, 43,
45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54; Maryland Historical Society:
18; National Archives (NWDNS-57-HS-895): 29;
National Museum of the American Indian: 9; Naylor
Collection: 39; New York City Mounted Police Unit:
56; Sandier Collection: 55.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sandier, Martin W.
Galloping across the USA : horses in American life/ Martin W. Sandier.
p. cm. — (Transportation in America)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-513226-2 (alk. paper)
1. Horses—United States—History. 2. Draft horses—United States—History.
3.
Horse-drawn vehicles—United States—History. I. Title. II. Series.
SF284.U5 S26 2003
636.1'00973—dc21
2002012414
987654321
Printed in Hong Kong on acid-free paper
ON THE COVER: A 19th-century winter scene with four horse-
drawn sleighs by American artist Joseph Hoover.
FRONTISPIECE: Frontier farmers with teams of tens of horses
pulling harvesting equipment.
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