Sepia toned photo of a tractor/truck with gigantic studded wheels pulling five wagons in tandem
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THE OLD WEST
INDUSTRY COMES WEST

Industry Comes West / Transportation / Freight

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Colored photo from Miles City area: 12-horse team hitched to tandem covered wagons
Front reads, "'Jerk-line twelve' on the Old Freight Road Before the Railroad Came © L. A. Huffman"

Reverse reads, "Ahead of the Northern Pacific Foe the pioneers, ox-teams 'freighted' merchandise, mining machinery, farm implements, clothing, furniture and food into and through the Northwest just a half century ago. Along these laborious trails today, railroads and gravel highways make quick and easy transport. This photograph on the Yellowstone was taken on the Northern Pacific right-of-way just 50 years ago." NP logo and "Made in U. S. A." No date, never mailed.

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